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Modernisation and son preference
Burgess, Robin; Zhuang, Juzhong - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
analysis is used to try and uncover the factors which may be driving the emergence of the gender gaps. Drawing on household … in intra-household allocation. Spending on health is found to be biased against young girls in the poor but not in the … household spending were found to correspond to gender biases in mortality and enrolment outcomes as revealed in census data for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928624
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How to measure living standards and productivity
Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
demand is not homothetic, i.e. when not all expenditure elasticities are equal to one. In principle, economic theory tells us … are many more parameters than observations. Index number theory has solved this problem, at least when demand is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071515
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Intrahousehold resource allocation in rural Pakistan: a semi-parametric analysis
Bhalotra, Sonia; Attfield, Cliff - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
We estimate semiparametric Engel curves for rural Pakistan using a large household survey. This allows us to obtain … consistent estimates of the effects of household size and composition on consumption patterns even when these demographic … variables are correlated with an unknown function of income. The coefficients on the household composition variables are used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928715
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Selectivity and the gender wage gap decomposition in the presence of a joint decision process
Schafgans, Marcia M. A.; Stelcnery, Morton - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
In this paper we revisit the gender decomposition of wages in the presence of selection bias. We show that when labor market participation decisions of couples are not independent, the sample selection corrections used in the literature have been incomplete (incorrect). We derive the appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745220
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Social relationships and postpartum depression in South Asia: a systematic review
Jones, Eleri; Coast, Ernestina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Background: Evidence suggests a much higher prevalence of postpartum depression in South Asia than in ‘western’ contexts. Aim: To conduct a rapid systematic review of evidence on the association between social relationships and postpartum depression in South Asia. Methods: Five databases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125880
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Vertical transmission of overweight: evidence from English adoptees
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees, indicating transmission through cultural factors....
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Female labor supply and divorce: new evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; González, Libertad; Keane, Claire; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
driven by selection and are robust to several specification checks, including the introduction of household fixed effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071522
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Emergency purchasing situations: implications for consumer decision-making
Samson, Alain; Voyer, Benjamin G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This article introduces the Emergency Purchasing Situation (EPS) as a distinct buying context. EPSs stem from an unexpected event (unanticipated need or timing of a need), as well as high product importance, which are associated with a short time frame for consumer decision-making. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126285
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Differential merger effects: the case of the personal computer industry
Genakos, Christos D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper examines how information on the purchasing patterns of different customer segments can be used to more accurately evaluate the economic impact of mergers. Using a detailed dataset for the leading manufacturers in the US during the late nineties, I evaluate the welfare effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928622
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Capitalising the value of free schools : the impact of supply characteristics and uncertainty
Cheshire, P. C.; Sheppard, Stephen Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
. Cheshire and Sheppard 1995 and 1999 estimated hedonic models in which the quality of the secondary school to which a household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928693