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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach
Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005
Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...
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The Geographical Mobility of Mâori in New Zealand
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - EconWPA - 2005
This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. It is often suggested that Mâori are less mobile than other ethnic groups because of attachment to particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556799
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Job-Search Methods and Labor Market Transitions in a Segmented Economy
Woltermann, Silke - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines the impact of job search methods on the output of the job search process in a segmented labor market. Theoretical models of job search, like the widely used search approach, generally contain only one parameter capturing all possible factors affecting the efficiency of...
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The Intergenerational Earnings and Income Mobility of Canadian
Corak, Miles; Heisz, Andrew - EconWPA - 1998
Our objective is to obtain an accurate estimate of the degree of intergenerational income mobility in Canada. We use income tax information on about 400,000 father-son pairs, and find intergenerational earnings elasticities to be about 0.2. Earnings mobility tends to be slightly greater than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408317
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Signalling equilibrium, Intergenerational mobility and long-run growth
Raut, Lakshmi K. - EconWPA - 1996
This paper provides a signalling model of endogenous growth in which innate talents and education levels of workers drive the basic scientific knowledge and adoptive knowledge accumulation processes. Whether talented individuals get properly educated and are employed in the appropriate technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062751
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Long Term Effects of Preschool Investment on school Performance and Labor Market Outcome
Raut, Lakshmi K. - EconWPA - 2003
model of parental investment in children's preschool. This dynamic model is then used to estimate the effects of publicly … provided preschool to the children of poor socioeconomic status (SES) on college mobility and intergenerational social mobility …
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Returns to Education, Child Labor, & Schooling in India
Chamarbagwala, Rubiana - EconWPA - 2004
In an environment where children's time has an economic value and employment opportunities for educated workers are … scarce, parental investments in their children's education may not be driven entirely by poverty and credit constraints. We … offer evidence that children's participation in child labor and schooling responds to economic returns to education in India …
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Dispersión y Estabilidad de las Diferencias Salariales interestatales en México, 1984-2000
Cortez, Willy W. - EconWPA - 2005
Economic liberalization has induced a new dynamics on wage setting and employment on Mexican labor market. These changes have been caused by two related events: productive restructuring and increasing labor market flexibility. To the extent that productive restructuring has implied significant...
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How Do Criminals Locate? Crime and Spatial Dependence in Minas Gerais
Puech, Frédéric - EconWPA - 2005
The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence of a spatial dependence of crime rates at a local level in the case of municipalities of Minas Gerais, one of the 26 Brazilian states. Results suggest the existence of a positive spatial autocorrelation of municipal violent crime rates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556225
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The Paradox of Czech Crusaders: Will They Ever Learn the Corruption Lesson? (Corruption and Anticorruption in the Czech Republic)
Lizal, Lubomir; Kocenda, Evzen - EconWPA - 2001
Corruption has a negative impact on society and economy. The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560992