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The Effect of Welfare on Work and Marriage: A View From the States
Hepner, Mickey; Reed, W. Robert - EconWPA - 2005
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the work and family structure incentives of public assistance, focusing on the consequences of state-determined programs. Such an approach allows state policy- makers to understand the tradeoffs implicit in their current program parameters. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413024
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A Dynamic Decision Model of Marriage, Childbearing, and Labor Force Participation of Women in Japan
Ueda, Atsuko - EconWPA - 2000
of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125788
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Paternal Uncertainty and the Economics of Mating, Marriage, and Parental Investment in Children
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - EconWPA - 2005
We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408289
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The participation of couples in the labor market: an econometric analysis
Emmanuel, DUGUET; Veronique, SIMONNET - EconWPA - 2004
influence on their spouse’s decision to work, as do the number of children and the birth of a new child. The fact that the … presence of children increases the participation of men and reduces the participation of women suggests that the added …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408344
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Intra-household Work Time Synchronization
Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriette Maassen van den - EconWPA - 2005
. We find that (1) coordination results in more synchronized work hours. (2) the presence of children is the main cause why …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556767
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Consumption Inequality and Intra-Household Allocations
Lise, Jeremy; Seitz, Shannon - EconWPA - 2005
The consumption literature uses adult equivalence scales to measure individual level inequality. This practice imposes the assumption that there is no within household inequality. In this paper, we show that ignoring consumption inequality within households produces misleading estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556802
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A Stochastic Model of Mortality, Fertility, and Human Capital Investment
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - EconWPA - 2002
uncertainty about the number of surviving children. If the marginal utility of a surviving child is convex then there will be a … precautionary demand for children. As the mortality rate and thus uncertainty falls, this demand decreases. Furthermore, lower … mortality encourages educational investment in children. The key result is that this empirically observed quality-quantity trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126196
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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2004
This chapter examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the course...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062763
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Does the Mortality Decline Promote Economic Growth?
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - EconWPA - 2002
survival, a decline in an exogenous mortality rate reduces precautionary demand for children and increases parental investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412569
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Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2005
This chapter examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the entire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556052