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This paper examines ethnic disparities in the transition to home ownership using longitudinal register data from the … conditions. Subsequently, the size of explained variance in the home ownership gap between Dutch and ethnic minority groups is … estimated using the Oaxaca-Fairlie non-linear decomposition method. The analysis indicates that the home ownership gap is the …
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While land reforms are typically pursued in order to raise productivity and reduce inequality across households, an unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West Bengal, and find that it increased child survival...
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This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in Australia. Using a triple-difference fixed effects approach we show that existing couples are more likely to make relationshipspecific investments after being exposed to laws...
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particular, capital-skill complementarity represents a source of relative skill-bias while SETI provides an absolute skill …
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shifts by (observable) changes in the capital stock under a capital-skill complementarity technology. The results show that … stock of capital, the KORV model predicts that the skill-premium will remain between -5% and +5% of its 1996 level. …
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This paper estimates the elasticity of substitution between capital and skill using variation across U.S. counties in … immigration-induced skill-mix changes between 1860 and 1930. We find that capital began as a q-complement for skilled and … parametric production function calibrated to our estimates imply the level of capital-skill complementarity after 1890 likely …
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We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function - physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … preferences, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
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