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The empirics of economic growth over time and across nations : a unified growth perspective
Cervellati, Matteo; Meyerheim, Gerrit; Sunde, Uwe - 2022
This research develops an expanded unified growth theory that incorporates the endogenous accumulation of physical capital, population, human capital, and technology. The model incorporates a complementarity between physical capital and human capital and can be extended to a multi-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458861
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Is household shock a boon or bane to the utilisation of preventive healthcare for children? Evidence from Uganda
Baulia, Susmita - 2018
drought as a proxy for negative income shock, and illness of any household member as an indicator for negative health shock, I … age are significantly more likely to get VAS as a part of their immunisation schedule when the household is under health … or income shock. Further investigation shows that this effect of health shock results from the increase in average time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503074
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In-utero exposure to violence and child health in Iraq
Sardoschau, Sulin - 2023
This paper examines the impact of exposure to violence during pregnancy on anthropometric and cognitive outcomes of children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on civilian casualties in the aftermath of the US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014493900
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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health
Barschkett, Mara - 2022
, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early … daycare attendance on health has received little attention in the economic literature. In this study, I investigate the impact … of a large daycare expansion in Germany on children's age-specific mental and physical health outcomes. Based on a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088355
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A big push of panda from the ground : land subsidy and structural transformation in China
Chen, Shawn Xiaoguang; Cheng, Yudan; Gong, Liutang; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468752
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Household search and the aggregate labor market
Mankart, Jochen; Oikonomou, Rigas - 2015
We develop a theoretical model with labor market frictions, incomplete financial markets and with households which have two members. Households face unemployment risks but their members adjust their labor supplies to insure against unemployment. We use the model to explain the cyclical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312576
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Homo moralis: personal characteristics, institutions, and moral decision-making
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Szech, Nora - 2016
This paper studies how individual characteristics, institutions, and their interaction influence moral decisions. We validate a moral paradigm focusing on the willingness to accept harming third parties. Consequences of moral decisions are real. We explore how moral behavior varies with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433835
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Aging, proximity to death, and religiousness
Lechler, Marie; Sunde, Uwe - 2020
better health and lower mortality. Yet, little is known about the reverse role of life expectancy or proximity to death, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237556
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A note on automation, stagnation, and the implications of a robot tax
Gasteiger, Emanuel; Prettner, Klaus - 2017
We analyze the long-run growth effects of automation in the canonical overlapping generations framework. While automation implies constant returns to capital within this model class (even in the absence of technological progress), we show that it does not have the potential to lead to positive...
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Longevity and patience
Falk, Armin; Hermle, Johannes; Sunde, Uwe - 2019
Why does patience vary across individuals and countries? We provide evidence on a widely-hypothesized mechanism, namely that higher longevity fosters patience. Using data on patience for 80,000 individuals in 76 countries, this paper relates exogenous variation in longevity across...
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