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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...

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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...

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The Effect of Child Care on Family Structure : Theory and Evidence

Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2012

This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with positive assortative matching, where in equilibrium the poorest women stay single. Couples have to decide on the number of children and spousal specialization in home...

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Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development

Felfe, Christina - 2013

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year …

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Local Economic Consequences of Investment in Children : Capitalization of Child Care Services

Borge, Lars-Erik - 2018

Recent analyses of intergenerational mobility show that investments in children pay big dividends. The priority of resources in early childhood also affects the working of the local economy. Geographic variation in child care services motivates location of families and thereby influences housing...

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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Danzer, Natalia - 2017

eligibility for extended parental leave and geographical variation in formal childcare. We find that estimated treatment effects … on long-term child outcomes differ substantially according to the availability of formal childcare and the mother … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care …

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Birth Order and Delinquency : Evidence from Denmark and Florida

Breining, Sanni - 2017

Birth order has been found to have a surprisingly large influence on educational attainment, yet much less is known about the role of birth order on delinquency outcomes such as disciplinary problems in school, juvenile delinquency, and adult crime: outcomes that carry significant negative...

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The Parental Co-Immunization Hypothesis

Portela, Miguel; Schweinzer, Paul - 2021

We attempt to answer a simple empirical question: does having children make a parent live longer? The hypothesis we offer is that a parent’s immune system is refreshed by a child’s infections at a time when their own protection starts wearing thin. With the boosted immune system, the parent...

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The Influence of Child Care on Maternal Health and Mother-Child Interaction

Kroell, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - 2021

In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The present paper is concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not. Furthermore, the effects of formal child care...

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Early Child Care and Child Development : For Whom it Works and Why

Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - 2021

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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