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Loafing or Learning? : The demand for informal education

Fahr, René (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Compensating wage differentials for schooling risk in Denmark

Diaz-Serrano, Luis (contributor); Hartog, Joop (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The Bargaining Family Revisited

Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

We suggest a family bargaining model where human capital investment decisions are made non-cooperatively in a first stage, while day-to-day allocation of time is determined later through Nash bargaining, but with non-cooperative behaviour as the fall back. Several authors have claimed that...

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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey

Kirdar, Murat; Dayioglu, Meltem; Koc, Ismet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years—which increased the 8th grade completion rate for women by 30 percentage points—on marriage and birth outcomes of teenage women in Turkey. We find that increased compulsory schooling years...

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Child rights & child development in India: a regional analysis

Roy, Chandan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

employment’ and ‘exploitation’. However, despite the existence of many legal provisions, the vulnerability of Indian children in … Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill 2011”. …

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Education and fertility: an investigation on Italian families

Aldieri, Luigi; Vinci, Concetto Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In this paper we analyse the correlation between the level of education and the number of children in Italy. We select …. Our dependent variable is represented by the number of children ever born to each respondent. Since the number of children … analysis. First, we estimate the correlation between the female’s education and her number of children, and then we use also …

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Third Births in Austria: the Effect of Public Policies, Educational Attainment and Labour-Force Attachment

Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia; Hoem, Jan Michael; Neyer, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Total fertility in Austria has declined slowly but persistently from about 1.7 in the late 1970s to around 1.4 in the mid-90s, a reduction of less than twenty percent. As we show in this paper, a much stronger reduction (over fifty percent) occured over the same period in the standardized rate...

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Family Matters

Ermisch, John F; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The analysis uses a unique set of data matching mothers and their young adult children to study the impact of family … Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is found to be a very powerful predictor of their children’s educational attainments …

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An investigation of the relation between the number of children and education in Italy

Aldieri, Luigi; Vinci, Concetto Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

In this paper we have investigated the impact of the level of education on the number of children in Italy. We have … variable is represented by the number of children ever born to each respondent (and to his partner). Since the number of … children ever born (CEB) is a count variable, we have implemented three empirical models: Poisson, Zero-Truncated Poisson and …

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Educational and occupational mobility across generations in India: social and regional dimensions

Ray, Jhilam; Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Educational and Occupational Mobility is a cherished dream for all groups of people, more so for those who are at the bottom rungs of society. However, it is often seen that upward mobility is concentrated among the socially well-offs leading to divergence in educational attainment and...

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