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Parental Investment in Children: Differential Pathways of Parental Education and Mental Health
Yamauchi, Chikako - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
outcomes. Using the 2004 LSAC, I show that more educated and mentally healthier parents are likely to have children with better … outcomes. While educated parents are more frequently engaged in education-oriented activities with their children, mentally … healthier parents exhibit more favourable parenting practices. To the extent that these results reflect causal relationships …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459928
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Human Capital and Optimal Positive Taxation of Capital Income
Bovenberg, A Lans; Jacobs, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper analyzes optimal linear taxes on capital and labour incomes in a life-cycle model of human capital investment, financial savings, and labour supply with heterogenous individuals. A dual income tax with a positive marginal tax rate on not only labour income but also capital income is...
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Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Theories of taste-based discrimination predict that competitive pressures will drive discriminatory behaviour out of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791764
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Insidious Discrimination? Disentangling the Beauty Premium on a Game Show
Belot, Michèle; Bhaskar, Venkataraman; Van de Ven, Jeroen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
value basis for the beauty premium, and it appears that this is a form of insidious discrimination. …
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Demand Fluctuations, Capacity Constraints and Repeated Interaction: An Empirical Analysis of Service Quality Adjustments
Chatain, Olivier; Eizenberg, Alon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We utilize a unique database from a large legal services provider to examine how service quality responds to the firm's available capacity and workload, and to the nature of the firm-client relationship. We develop empirical measures of both the (internal) level of resources available to the...
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Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia
Carneiro, Pedro; Lokshin, Michael; Ridao-Cano, Cristobal; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper estimates average and marginal returns to schooling in Indonesia using a non-parametric selection model. Identification of the model is given by exogenous geographic variation in access to upper secondary schools. We find that the return to upper secondary schooling varies widely...
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Who Wants To Revise Privatization? The Complementarity of Market Skills and Institutions
Denisova, Irina; Eller, Markus; Frye, Timothy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Using survey data from 28 transition countries, we test for the complementarity and substitutability of market-relevant skills and institutions. We show that democracy and good governance complement market skills in transition economies. Under autocracy and weak governance institutions there is...
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Apprenticeship and After: Does it Really Matter?
Winkelmann, Rainer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Using data from the German socio-economic panel this paper analyses the labour market entrance of former apprentices, as well as of university and full-time school graduates. There are three main findings. First, the retention rate of apprentices in their training firms is fairly low. Second,...
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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
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....
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Women's Earning Power and the 'Double Burden' of Market and Household Work
Chen, Natalie; Conconi, Paola; Perroni, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Bargaining theory suggests that married women who experience a relative improvement in their labour market position should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by institutional mechanisms that achieve long-term commitment, the...
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