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Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium : Theory and Evidence
Urquiola, Miguel S.; Verhoogen, Eric A. - 2021
productivity parameter, class size is a component of school quality, households are heterogeneous in income and hence willingness … to pay for school quality, and schools are subject to a class-size cap. The model offers an explanation for two distinct … approach in settings in which parents have substantial school choice and schools are free to set prices and influence their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316869
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Labor Supply and Consumption Smoothing When Income Shocks are Non-Insurable
Danzer, Alexander M. - 2011
The paper investigates how employees use secondary employment to smooth out consumption shortfalls from non-anticipated wage shocks in their main employment. The identification strategy exploits surprising changes in firms' wage payment and repayment behavior in Ukraine. Based on unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129923
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Income Pooling and Household Division of Labor : Evidence from Danish Couples
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2011
If income pooling indicates primary earners' willingness to trade part of their income with spouses who earn less and work more in household production, then among specialized couples income pooling will be positively associated with the price of commercial domestic services, substitutes for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131424
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Income Uncertainty and Household Savings in China
Chamon, Marcos - 2010
China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U-shaped. Using a panel of urban Chinese households covering 1989-2006, we document a sharp increase in income uncertainty. While the permanent variance of household income was stable,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135632
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The Timing of Parental Income and Child Outcomes : The Role of Permanent and Transitory Shocks
Tominey, Emma - 2010
How do shocks to parental income drive adolescent human capital, including years of schooling, high school dropout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137245
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Child Health and the Income Gradient : Evidence from China
Chen, Yi - 2010
Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138254
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The Economic Security Index : A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis
Hacker, Jacob S. - 2012
This paper presents the Economic Security Index (ESI), a new, more comprehensive measure of economic insecurity. By combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098821
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Consumption Inequality and Family Labor Supply
Blundell, Richard W. - 2012
In this paper we examine the link between wage inequality and consumption inequality using a life cycle model that incorporates household consumption and family labor supply decisions. We derive analytical expressions based on approximations for the dynamics of consumption, hours, and earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099401
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Remittances and Portfolio Values : An Inquiry Using Spanish Immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Americas
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2012
Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values. This behavior suggests that immigrants are sophisticated economic optimizers who take advantage of opportunities to invest trans-nationally given the networks that immigrants are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104946
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The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement : Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
Dahl, Gordon B. - 2012
Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading achievement. Our identification derives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104955