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Measuring Investment in Human Capital Formation: An Experimental Analysis of Early Life Outcomes
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm P.; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children … examine the impact of investment between utero to 18 months of age on a range of parental and child outcomes. Using the … relatively short timeframe, yet continued investment may be required to observe direct effects on child development. While …
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Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador
de Haan, Monique; Plug, Erik; Rosero, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order effects; earlier born children stay behind in their...
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The Linkages between FDI and Domestic Investment: Unravelling the Developmental Impact of Foreign Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ndikumana, Leonce; Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …
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"Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift": For Whom? Evidence from the Manila Contraceptive Ban
Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
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Convergences in Men's and Women's Life Patterns: Lifetime Work, Lifetime Earnings, and Human Capital Investment
Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Khamis, Melanie; Yuksel, Mutlu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The changes in women and men's work lives have been considerable in recent decades. Yet much of the recent research on gender differences in employment and earnings has been of a more snapshot nature rather than taking a longer comparative look at evolving patterns. In this paper, we use 50...
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Solow and Heterogeneous Labor: A Neoclassical Explanation of Wage Inequality
Meckl, Juergen; Zink, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The paper analyzes the effect of human-capital investments of heterogeneous individuals on the dynamics of the wage structure within a neoclassical growth model. The accumulation of physical capital changes relative factor prices and thus incentives to acquire skills, thereby altering the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233931
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Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa
Pugatch, Todd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Re-enrollment in school following a period of dropout is a common feature of the South African school to work transition that has been largely ignored in both the literature on South Africa and the wider literature on sequential schooling choice. In this paper, I quantify the importance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646297
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How Immigration May Affect U.S. Native Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Building Blocks and Preliminary Results
Duleep, Harriet; Jaeger, David A.; Regets, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
easier to accomplish. Our theory offers a unique perspective on the contributions of immigrants to economic development …
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Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV/AIDS
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Turan, Belgi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper provides evidence on how adverse health conditions affect the transfer of human capital from one generation to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health shock to both household and community environment. We...
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Adjusting Household Structure: School Enrollment Impacts of Child Fostering in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
human capital investment. This paper measures the impact of child fostering on school enrollment and uses household and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703724