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wealth might therefore exacerbate the consequences of labor market inequality. … attainment independently predict household wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). This relationship is partly explained … gradient in wealth.We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e …
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market. After characterizing the general demand models, it reviews consumer baseline based on which further study the demand … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature … and demand response in the power market and their relationships. It enhances demand response in the electricity market …
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-preserving system based on an open two-sided market in which buyers and sellers of peer review services would both be subject to a set … such an open market in which all elements are subject to peer review will over time lead to specialized reviewers in … market set-up would both professionalize the peer review process and make it completely transparent, an innovation long …
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, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate goods on the market. Absent trade, people must allocate their time …
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Typically, when two people decide to become parents, they procreate by copulation and produce a child. What do people do if, for some reason, they can't produce their own children but want to be parents? Today, a prospective parent can go to the web, drop a vial of sperm from a donor with...
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In the literature theoretical models have appeared that predict a positive impact of the level of individual wealth on … to accumulate wealth throughout their working life and whose residual working life is relatively short. In the …. It is likely that the individual level of wealth will become an increasingly important factor in the retirement decision …
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that longitudinal data on BMI are needed. We suggest a theory of imitation where utility depends on relative weight in …
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A woman assessing the wealth of a potential husband may observe some, but not all, of his wealth. She may screen …, but also for the woman, as it reduces the wealth of the man she may marry. A sound observable financial background ("old …
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We evaluate the effectiveness of a more progressive tax scheme in raising government revenues. We develop a life-cycle economy with heterogeneity and endogenous labor supply. Households face a progressive income tax schedule, mimicking the Federal Income tax, and flat-rate taxes that capture...
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, just as own wealth does: the more the man earns and the wealthier the woman is, the longer it takes for her to find a job … the husband finds a job. This is so despite the fact that greater own wealth also prolongs unemployment spells for men …. These findings are hard to reconcile with the traditional economic model of the family. -- gender asymmetries ; wealth …
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