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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 …

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Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and … increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent …

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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate

Cavalcanti, Tiago; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labour force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper … presents a growth model where saving, fertility and labour market participation are endogenously determined, and there is wage … through an increase in fertility. We find that for several countries a large fraction of the actual difference in output per …

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Reason, Emotion and Information Processing in the Brain

Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Building on evidence from neurobiology and neuroscience, we model the physiological limitations faced by individuals in the process of decision-making that starts with sensory perception and ends in action selection. The brain sets a neuronal threshold, observes whether the neuronal cell firing...

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Penalty Shoot-Outs: Before or After Extra Time?

Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper proposes a rule to determine the winner of a soccer match which is different from the traditional penalty shoot-outs at the end of extra time. We show that games can be more attractive if penalties are shot before extra time and the outcome counts only if the tie is preserved during...

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The Brain as a Hierarchical Organization

Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We model the brain as a multi-agent organization. Based on recent neuroscience evidence, we assume that different systems of the brain have different time-horizons and different access to information. Introducing asymmetric information as a restriction on optimal choices generates endogenous...

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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History

Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....

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Can Anyone be 'The One'? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating

Belot, Michèle; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

the role of opportunities separately from that of preferences. We find that both women and men equally value physical …

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Social Change

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Society is characterized by the common attitudes and behaviour of its members. Such behaviour reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th Century,...

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The Good, the Bad, and the Different: Can Gender Quotas Raise the Quality of Politicians?

Júlio, Paulo Fernando; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

public office determines the overall quality of politicians. Women suffer from gender discrimination in the labor market and … increases the probability of election for women and decreases it for men. The impact of the quota on quality depends on the … public oce are low, or when the rewards from pubic office are high but women are significantly discriminated against in the …

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