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The evolution of secularization : cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
generation to the next one via two venues: (i) direct socialization – across generations, by parents; and (ii) oblique … socialization – within generations, by the community and cultural environment. This paper focuses on the transmission of religious …/findings are that (i) direct religious socialization efforts of one generation have a negative effect on secularization within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003970726
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Analyzing religiosity within an economic framework : the case of Spanish catholics
Brañas-Garza, Pablo (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784384
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The determinants of university participation in Canada (1977 - 2003)
Christofidēs, Loizos N. (contributor);  … - 2008
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of prospective students. Family circumstances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771881
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Choice of fields of study of Canadian university graduates : the role of gender and their parents' education
Boudarbat, Brahim (contributor);  … - 2007
"This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using data from the Canadian National Graduate Survey. The sample of 18,708 graduates holding a Bachelor degree is interesting in itself knowing that these students completed their study and thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429629
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Intergenerational earnings mobility and the inheritance of employers
Corak, Miles; Piraino, Patrizio - 2010
Our analysis of intergenerational earnings mobility modifies the Becker-Tomes model to incorporate the intergenerational transmission of employers, which is predicted to increase the intergenerational elasticity of earnings. About 6% of young Canadian men have the same main employer as their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952855
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Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley A. - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds … strong in determining outcomes. -- Intergenerational mobility ; children ; Canada ; United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942286
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The intergenerational transmission of employers
Corak, Miles; Piraino, Patrizio - 2010
We find that about 40% of a cohort of young Canadian men has been employed with an employer for whom their father also worked; and six to nine percent have the same employer in adulthood. The intergenerational transmission of employers is positively related to paternal earnings, particularly at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942314
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Intergenerational influences on the receipt of unemployment insurance in Canada and Sweden
Corak, Miles; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2000
Canadian and Swedish men. It is found that parental use of UI shortens the time to a first UI claim in Canada, but not in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336859
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The biocultural origins of human capital formation
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2014
This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403448
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Inequality during the early years : child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … with SES across countries. While the smallest SES gaps are found in Australia and Canada for both types of outcome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519857