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Human capital development and parental investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015
-15 years of age using two cohorts of children drawn from the Young Lives Survey for India. The inputs into the production … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …
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Housing prices, inter-generational co-residence, and "excess" savings by the young: Evidence using Chinese data
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Zunsen - 2019
income, in part due to the subsidies to the young from sharing housing with parents. Based on our estimates of the effects of …In many countries of the world the co-residence of young adults aged 25-34 with their parents is not uncommon and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387281
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Loose knots: Strong versus weak commitments to save for education in Uganda
Karlan, Dean; Linden, Leigh - 2014
Commitment devices offer an opportunity to restrict future choices. However, if severe restrictions deter participation, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings device for educational expenses in Uganda. We...
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