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Joint estimation of sequential labor force participation and fertility decisions using Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques

Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Troske, Kenneth - Econometric Society - 2004

Three basic mechanisms are behind the statistical relationship between fertility decisions and labor force … a correlation between participation and fertility decisions throughout lifetime. They may further induce differences in … disentangles these three mechanisms and evaluates their relative importance. Sequential participation and fertility decisions are …

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Multiple social interactions and reproductive externalities: An investigation of fertility behaviour in Kenya

Weeks, Melvyn; Iyer, Sriya - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper examines empirically the impact of reproductive externalities on fertility behaviour in one developing …

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Why Children Work, Attend School, or Stay Idle: Theory and Evidence

Ranjan, Priya - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of child labor, schooling, and `idleness' (neither work nor school), with particular emphasis on the roles of child ability and credit constraints in determining these decisions. We show theoretically that `idleness' may be chosen optimally...

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Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice

Soares, Rodrigo R. - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper explores the role of life expectancy as a determinant of educational attainment and fertility, both during … similar effects -- or may only affect fertility -- depending on the nature of the costs of raising children. This setup can … explain both the demographic transition and the recent behavior of fertility in ``post-demographic transition'' countries …

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The Impact of Chronic Disease Burden on Education, Fertility and Economic Growth – Evidence from the American South

Lange, Fabian; Bleakley, Hoyt - Econometric Society - 2004

This study contains evidence on the importance of chronic disease burden on human-capital and fertility decisions in … present study shows that this increase in human capital was accompanied by a fertility decrease that was both economically and … statistically significant. A decline in the hookworm infection rate from 40 to 20% is associated with a decline in fertility that …

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Generalized Indirect Inference for Discrete Choice Models

Anthony A. Smith, Jr.; Keane, Michael - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper develops and implements a practical simulation-based method for estimating dynamic discrete choice models. The method, which can accommodate lagged dependent variables, serially correlated errors, unobserved variables, and many alternatives, builds on the ideas of indirect inference....

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TOPOLOGIES OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

Ioannides, Yannis M. - Econometric Society - 2004

We examine in this paper the role of an economy's social interaction structure, defined as a graph. Individuals care about the decisions of their neighbors. We extend the behavioral discrete-response rules along the lines of the interactive discrete choice model of Brock and Durlauf (2001) to...

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Wage Differentials Between Union and Non-union Workers: An Econometric Analysis

Shanmugam, K.R.; Madheswaran, S. - Econometric Society - 2004

Abstract It is increasingly recognized that institutional factors such as trade unions do play a dominant role in determining the levels of wages, standard of working conditions. This is more pronounced in the industrial sector of developing economies. The role of labor organizations in the...

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University Prestige and Choice of Major Field: Evidence from South Korea

Kang, Changhui - Econometric Society - 2004

Unlike previous studies on major choice of university students, this study considers a university's prestige in their choice of a major field. This study sets up an estimation model for a joint decision about where to go to university (prestigious or non-prestigious) and what major field to...

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Estimating Dynamic Models of Imperfect Competition

Bajari, Pat; Benkard, Lanier - Econometric Society - 2004

We describe a two-step algorithm for estimating dynamic games where the agents are assumed to play a Markov Perfect equilibrium. In the first step, the policy functions and the law of motion for the state variables are estimated. In the second step, the remaining structural parameters are...

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