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Can Integrity Replace Institutions? Theory and Evidence
Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Skuza, Nathan; Fahs, Faysal - CESifo - 2009
Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of a transactions-based economy with contracts...
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The Solomon Islands Early Childhood Development : SABER and NSA-ECD Country Report 2013
World Bank Group - 2013
This report presents an analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) subsector, including programs and policies that affect young children in the Solomon Islands. This was a collaborative effort between UNICEF and World Bank Group, as it combines World Bank Group's SABER-ECD framework,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644696
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Cashing in on education : women, childcare, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Rodriguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2016 - Online-Ausg.
Economic gains from increasing women's participation in the labor market -- Why is childcare a key policy? -- Female … labor force participation in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Use of childcare services -- Childcare provision: service … features for working mothers -- International benchmarking: female labor supply and childcare -- Assessing childcare demand: a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245296
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Preschool availability and female labor force participation : evidence from Indonesia
Halim, Daniel; Johnson, Hillary C.; Perova, Elizaveta - 2019
being hindered by a lack of affordable childcare services in the country? This paper exploits the joint variations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058965
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Fertility and parental labor-force participation : new evidence from a developing country in the Balkans
Trako, Iva - 2019
Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. To …: childcare provided by non-parental adults in extended families and greater financial costs of maintaining more children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059052
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Discriminatory laws against women : a survey of the literature
Roy, Sanchari - 2019
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women's outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004791
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Complex decisions between care and paid work : a qualitative study on the demand for childcare services in Mexico City
Muller, Miriam; Jaen, Martha - 2020
This study aims to improve the understanding of the barriers and enabling factors determining the demand for childcare … parents in Mexico City, decisions in favor of or against the use of childcare are based on: (1) the interplay between women … their ability to adapt to the childcare supply. These results highlight the relevance of: (1) promoting a more balanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390588
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A Theory of Tolerance
Corneo, Giacomo - 2007
We develop an economic theory of tolerance where lifestyles and traits are invested with symbolic value by people. Value systems are endogenous and taught by parents to their children. In conjunction with actual behavior, value systems determine the esteem enjoyed by individuals. Intolerant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777299
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Efficiency in Family Bargaining : Living Arrangements and Caregiving Decisions of Adult Children and Disabled Elderly Parents
Pezzin, Liliana E. - 2007
In this paper, we use a two-stage bargaining model to analyze the living arrangement of a disabled elderly parent and the assistance provided to the parent by her adult children. The first stage determines the living arrangement: the parent can live in a nursing home, live alone in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777689
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Longevity and Aggregate Savings
Sheshinski, Eytan - 2021
For the last fifty years, countries in Asia and elsewhere witnessed a surge in aggregate savings per capita. Some empirical studies attribute this trend to the increases in life longevity of the populations of these countries. It has been argued that the rise in savings is short-run, eventually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317371