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Early Child Care and Child Development: For Whom it Works and Why
Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to benefit from such expansions? We address this question by adopting a marginal treatment effects framework. We study the West German setting where high quality center-based care...
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Fiscal Policy and Labor Markets at Times of Public Debt
Bertola, Giuseppe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper explores the empirical relevance of public debt accumulation for labor market institutions and outcomes. In theory, since debt service obligations act as a constraint on policy choices, past debt accumulation and current interest rates should influence reform incentives and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684674
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399722
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Sorting, Education and Inequality
Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123607
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Heterogeneity, Stratification and Growth
Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
This paper examines how economic stratification affects inequality and growth over time. It studies economies where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666953
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Coping with Technological Progress: The Role of Ability in Making Inequality so Persistent
Rubinstein, Yona; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
This study explains the evolution of wage inequality over the last 30 years and supports this explanation with evidence … the role of ability, technological progress increases wage inequality within each group of education as well as between … education groups. Inasmuch as education is an irreversible investment, the rise in within group inequality boosts up the rise of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661881
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Who Chooses Which Private Education? Theory and International Evidence
Bertola, Giuseppe; Checchi, Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Private school students do not always perform better in standardized tests. We suggest that this may be explained by choice of private schooling by less capable students in countries where government schools are better suited to talented students. To assess the empirical relevance of this...
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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
What happens when a previously uncovered labour market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no statistically significant effects on the intensive or...
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Income Contingent Loans for Paid Parental Leave
Chapman, Bruce; Higgins, Tim - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
In early 2008 the federal government instructed the Productivity Commission (PC) to enquire into the social and economic policy issue of paid parental leave (PPL). In their draft report, the PC (2008) has called for a taxpayer funded scheme of 18 weeks duration, despite Australian governments...
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The Retirement Expectations of Middle-Aged Individuals
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Stillman, Steve - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
We use the first three waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examine the retirement plans of middle-aged workers (aged 45-55). Our results indicate that approximately two-thirds of men and more then half of women appear to be making standard retirement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971379