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Dynasties and destiny : on the roles of altruism and impatience in the evolution of consumption and bequests

Stark, Oded; Falk, Ita - 2001

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001628030

Externalities, human capital formation, and corrective migration policy

Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 1999

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001413320

Tales of migration without wage differentials : individual, family and community contexts

Stark, Oded - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001793782

On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect

Cox, Donald (contributor); Stark, Oded (contributor) - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002361167

Towards a theory of self-segregation as a response to relative deprivation : steady-state outcames and social welfare

Stark, Oded (contributor); Wang, You-qiang (contributor) - 2004

We model group formation as a response to relative deprivation. We employ two measures of relative deprivation. We show that in the case of each of these measures the process of deprivation-induced self-selection into groups reaches a steady state, and that the steady-state distribution differs...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002538671

Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth

Stark, Oded (contributor) - 2005

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002584206

On the economics of refugee flows

Stark, Oded (contributor) - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002166244

An evolutionary edge of knowing less : (or: on the "Curse" of global information)

Stark, Oded; Behrens, Doris - 2009

Consider a population of farmers who live around a lake. Each farmer engages in trade with his two adjacent neighbors. The trade is governed by a prisoner's dilemma "rule of engagement". A farmer's payoff is the sum of the payoffs from the two prisoner's dilemma games played with his two...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003869591

A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma

Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2009

Drawing on the literature of occupational status and social distance, a theory is developed of labor migration that is … extended from a closed, single economy to an open economy setting in a world that consists of two countries or two regions. It … Theorie zur Migration von Arbeitskraft, die den Wunsch des Einzelnen mit einbezieht, eine Abwertung des sozialen Status zu …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944851

In search of an evolutionary edge : trading with a few, more, or many

Stark, Oded; Behrens, Doris - 2010

Consider a population of farmers who live around a lake. Each farmer engages in trade with his m adjacent neighbors, where m is termed the "span of interaction". Trade is governed by a prisoner's dilemma "rule of engagement". A farmer's payoff is the sum of the payoffs from the m prisoner's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661733