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‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition
de la Croix, David; Licandro, Omar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth … different regimes. In a Malthusian regime with no education fertility increases with adult life expectancy. In the modern growth … regime, life expectancy and fertility move in opposite directions. The dynamics display the key features of the demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124210
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Death and Development
Lorentzen, Peter L.; McMillan, John; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher … fertility, and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504520
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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854471
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Wage Mobility in Israel: The Effect of Sectoral Concentration
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Using a unique eight-year data set, merging population census and national insurance data, the paper examines and compares patterns of wage mobility in Israel. First, the public and the private sectors are compared. Second, within each of these sectors, a distinction is made between sub-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662341
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The Fiscal and Monetary Dynamics of Israeli Inflation: A Cointegrated Analysis 1970-1987
Beenstock, Michael; Ben-Gad, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989
Using quarterly data from 1970-1987 we estimate a simple econometric model in which inflation and the money supply are jointly determined and in which expectations of inflation are rational, or forward-looking. The model is estimated using the recently developed `cointegration' principle in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791406
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The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labour Supply
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper examines differences in the labour supply of women of different religions in Israel. We estimate religious differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is suggested that labour supply patterns of wives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136655
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Soaring Minds: The Flight of Israel’s Economists
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497751
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Legal, Actual and Desirable Independence: A Case Study of the Bank of Israel
Cukierman, Alex - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper documents the evolution of the legal independence of the Bank of Israel since its creation in 1954 to present times, provides an international comparison, and assesses the changes in the actual independence of the Bank on a yearly basis following the 1985 stabilization of inflation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497895
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Ranking Israel's Economists
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
One of the more important measures of a scholar’s research impact is the number of times that the scholar’s work is cited by other researchers as a source of knowledge. This paper conducts a first of its kind examination on Israel’s academic economists and economics departments, ranking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498083
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Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Areas
Deltas, George; Desmet, Klaus; Facchini, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper analyzes how the sequential formation of free trade areas affects the volume of trade between member countries. In a three--country, three--good model, if two countries have a free trade area, and both sign a similar agreement with the third, trade between the two decreases, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498097