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Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent … pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662232
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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate
Cavalcanti, Tiago; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labour force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper … presents a growth model where saving, fertility and labour market participation are endogenously determined, and there is wage … through an increase in fertility. We find that for several countries a large fraction of the actual difference in output per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504328
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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854471
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Demographic Change, Economic Growth and Social Welfare in Europe
Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
This paper examines the economic rationale for concern about the falling rate of growth of Europe's population. It also … assembles demographic and economic time-series data for the countries of Eastern and Western Europe during the postwar period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662094
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Penalty Shoot-Outs: Before or After Extra Time?
Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper proposes a rule to determine the winner of a soccer match which is different from the traditional penalty shoot-outs at the end of extra time. We show that games can be more attractive if penalties are shot before extra time and the outcome counts only if the tie is preserved during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662167
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The Brain as a Hierarchical Organization
Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We model the brain as a multi-agent organization. Based on recent neuroscience evidence, we assume that different systems of the brain have different time-horizons and different access to information. Introducing asymmetric information as a restriction on optimal choices generates endogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662301
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Reason, Emotion and Information Processing in the Brain
Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Building on evidence from neurobiology and neuroscience, we model the physiological limitations faced by individuals in the process of decision-making that starts with sensory perception and ends in action selection. The brain sets a neuronal threshold, observes whether the neuronal cell firing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656356
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Partial Insurance and Investments in Children
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper studies the impact of permanent and transitory shocks to income on parental investments in children. We use panel data on family income, and an index of investments in children in time and goods, from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Consistent with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266538
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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The "Easterlin paradox" suggests that there is no link between a society’s economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667028
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
migrating within the Muslim Empire, and later to western Europe where they were invited to settle as high skill intermediaries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788962