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Transfers within a Three Generations Family: When the Rotten Kids Turn into Altruistic Parents
Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal … care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the … period and that parents invest in the education of their children. We show that Becker's rotten kids theorem holds for the …
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Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods
Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We show that once interfamily exchanges are considered, Becker's rotten kids mechanism has some remarkable implications that have gone hitherto unnoticed. Specifically, we establish that Cornes and Silva's (1999) result of efficiency in the contribution game amongst siblings extends to a setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747352
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Côte d'Ivoire is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, it accounts for 40% of the WAEMU's output, and 11% of its population are immigrant workers. Any political instability in the country will not only affect the domestic economy, but it will also affect the international...
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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education
Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … incorporating a subsidy to private schools, a distinguishing feature of Spain's education system. We calibrate the model to match … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812509
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Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives
Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryuichi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country … and the quality of education in these schools. Our review of the literature, which includes both quantitative and …-scale immigration is that it appears to undermine the political support for public education, resulting in a deterioration in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143942
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Long-Term Care and Lazy Rotten Kids
Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper studies the determination of informal long-term care (family aid) to dependent elderly in a worst case scenario concerning the "harmony" of family relations. Children are purely selfish, and neither side can make credible commitments (which rules out efficient bargaining). The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884141
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Temporary Migration and Economic Assimilation
Dustmann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In this paper, I study temporary migrations, and its consequences for immigrants' behaviour. I distinguish between temporary migrations where the return time is exogenous, and temporary migrations where the migrant chooses when to return. I then illustrate the consequences both types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703225
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Return Migration, Wage Differentials, and the Optimal Migration Duration
Dustmann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
In simple static models, migration increases with the wage differential between host and home country. In a dynamic framework, and if migrations are temporary, the size of the migrant population in the host country depends also on the migration duration. This paper analyses optimal migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703614
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Two-Stage Boundedly Rational Choice Procedures: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We study and test a class of boundedly rational models of decision making which rely on sequential eliminative heuristics. We formalize two sequential decision procedures, both inspired by plausible models popular among several psychologists and marketing scientists. However we follow a standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822673
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The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-migration
Dustmann, Christian; Kirchkamp, Oliver - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...
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