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Parental time restrictions and the cost of children : insights from a survey among mothers

Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Pahlke, Kevin - 2018

In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental … with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental … sizeable for families with children. …

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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes

Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …

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Remittances, banking status and the usage of insurance schemes

Crayen, Dorothee; Hainz, Christa; Ströh de Martínez, … - 2010

Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services...

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Reference income effects in the determination of equivalence scales using income satisfaction data

Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Kuhställer, Carina - 2016

overestimation of adults' and an underestimation of children's needs-based equivalence weights. Our results indicate that controlling … for income comparisons eliminates the gap between equivalence scale parameters for adults and children found in other …

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Non-parametric preprocessing for the estimation of equivalence scales

Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Ott, Notburga; … - 2014

Empirically analyzing household behavior usually relies on informal data preprocessing. That is, before an econometric model is estimated, observations are selected in such a way that the resulting subset of data can be assumed to be sufficiently homogeneous with respect to the specific research...

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Equity fund ownership and the cross-regional diversification of household risk

Becker, Sascha O. (contributor); … - 2008

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Gender and ethnicity : married immigrants in Britain

Dustmann, Christian (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we investigate the economic activity of married or cohabiting female immigrants in Britain. We distinguish between two immigrant groups: foreign-born females who belong to an ethnic minority group and their husbands, and foreign-born white females and their husbands. We compare...

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MPC heterogeneity and household balance sheets

Fagereng, Andreas; Holm, Martin Blomhoff; Natvik, Gisle … - 2018

We use sizeable lottery prizes in Norwegian administrative panel data to characterize households' marginal propensities to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and how lottery prizes are spent and saved over time. We...

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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany

Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 2022

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us - for the first time - to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that...

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(Why) do self-employed parents have more children?

Broussard, Nzinga; Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory - 2003

respondents have approximately .2 to .4 more actual and expected number of children if they are self-employed as compared to if …

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