higher number of siblings has a negative effect in general, holding birth order constant, except when parents belong to the … are both significant and substantial, even when many controls are included in the regressions. A high rank among siblings … number of siblings as instruments. The OLS estimates of returns to education are biased downwards, when females are …

through redistribution. This remains true in the limit, under strictly egalitarian preferences of the Principal. The same …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R&D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …

This Paper analyses an unusually conservative type of redistribution. We take land from the very rich, as usual, but … productivity, total surplus in the economy, and workers’ welfare. Compared to the classic redistribution ‘to the tiller’ it does …

against general redistribution. As diversity increases further, however, these policies are not sustainable. There exists a … critical threshold of diversity above which the only policy that can emerge supports exclusively general redistribution. In …