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children as old-age economic security, discouraging fertility. In particular, this fact may explain the contemporaneity of the … political economy research these effects have been ignored, as the fertility choice is usually considered exogenous. This paper … pension systems, because as the family structure becomes weaker the fertility decreases, thus reducing the profitability of …
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economics. Regarding labor market theory, two topics are of particular interest: His investigations on "Hours and Wages in …
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of the paper outlines the theory behind market capitalisation, the development of of the general econometric model and …
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lacks fertility control and management framework. This forms the rationale for this study to access the trend of factors … Nigeria) and developed nations (Germany and United States). The trend analysis revealed that fertility rate, crude death rate …
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Abstract. This paper analyzes matching markets where agent types are n-vectors of characteristics--i.e. points in R^n --and agents prefer matches that are closer to them according to a distance metric on this set (horizontal preferences). First, given a few assumptions, I show that in the...
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This paper develops a model of choice between marriage and cohabitation to study the effect of divorce costs on marriage decision. The paired agents are heterogeneous, the utility is non-transferable, and break up and divorce decisions are modeled explicitly as unilateral, that is, it takes the...
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It is usual to formulate policies that react on the consequences, not the causes of family structure. In the design of policies, it is important to consider that institutions evolve in response to individual incentives and affect the performance of political and economic systems. Formal rules...
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For how long does cultural heritage persist? Do the culturally inherited values of immigrants dilute as generations pass? We answer these question by studying the relationship between revealed political behavior of immigrant families and the culture of the place where they migrated from, either...
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Two individuals may choose to enter a coresidential relationship, which may or may not include joint property ownership and raising children. In addition to that, individuals may decide to formalize this contractual relationship by holding a marriage ceremony. The literature on coresidential...
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