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Nature, nurture and egalitarian policy : what can we learn from molecular genetics?

Lundborg, Petter; Stenberg, Anders - 2009

This brief paper draws attention to molecular genetic research which may provide a new dimension to our understanding of how socioeconomic outcomes are generated. In particular, we provide an overview of the recently emerging evidence of gene-environment interaction effects. This literature...

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Are attitudes towards economic risk heritable? : analyses using the Australian twin study of gambling

Le, Anh Tram; Miller, Paul W.; Slutske, Wendy S.; … - 2010

This study employs multiple regression models based on DeFries and Fulker (1985), and a large sample of twins, to assess heritability in attitudes towards economic risk, and the extent to which this heritability differs between males and females. Consistent with Cesarini, Dawes, Johannesson,...

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Economic aspects of human cloning and reprogenetics

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

This paper analyses the economic issues associated with human cloning and new reproductive technologies. We analyze the incentives for human cloning and its implications for the long run distribution of skills and income. We analyse models of human cloning for different motives, focusing on...

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Assortative mating on education : a genetic assessment

Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2019

We investigate assortative mating on education using a sample of couples from the Health and Retirement Study. We estimate a reduced-form linear matching function, which links wife's education to husband's education and both wife's and husband's unobservable characteristics. Using OLS we find...

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Investigating the genetic architecture of non-cognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction

Demange, Perline A.; Malanchini, Margherita; Mallard, … - 2020

Educational attainment (EA) is influenced by characteristics other than cognitive ability, but little is known about the genetic architecture of these "non-cognitive" contributions to EA. Here, we use Genomic Structural Equation Modelling and prior genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of EA...

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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : The Bangladesh case

Meng, Xin (contributor); Ryan, Jim G. (contributor) - 2007

"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …

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Family planning as an investment in development : evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen (contributor); Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2007

"The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …

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Early childbirth, health inputs and child mortality : recent evidence from Bangladesh

Maitra, Pushkar (contributor); Pal, Sarmistha (contributor) - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing and child mortality in Bangladesh, a country where …

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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China

Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Deng, Quheng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …

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School access, resources, and learning outcomes : evidence from a non-formal school program in Bangladesh

Dang, Hai-anh; Sarr, Leopold; Asadullah, Niaz - 2011

– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …

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