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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282290
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Clash of career and family: fertility decisions after job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea Maria; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a … displacement reduces average fertility by 5 to 10% in both the short and medium term (3 and 6 years) and that these effects are … reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277118
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Migration and Diversity : Human versus Social Capital
Manole, Vlad; Schiff, Maurice - 2004
This paper examines the welfare implications associated with different degrees of diversity or similarity between migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium model of migration, human capital and social capital and find that there are three equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262028
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Why Do Firms Pay an Overtime Premium?
Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2000
We develop a rationale for the payment by firms of a wage premium on marginal, or overtime, weekly hours. We examine wage-hours contracts within the framework of a two-period specific human capital model with asymmetric information. The wage premium serves to achieve contract efficiency. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262371
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
workers have a top ability if fertility is uncorrelated with ability and if the distribution of ability among sexually … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262438
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Human Capital Spill-Overs Within the Workplace
Battu, Harminder; Belfield, Clive R.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2001
An individual?s human capital has a strong influence on earnings. Yet individual, worker-level estimations of earnings rarely include the characteristics of co-workers or detailed firm-level controls. In this paper, we use a unique matched worker?workplace dataset to estimate the effect on own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262605
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Economic Aspects of Human Cloning and Reprogenetics
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
is shown that ability-reducing genes are eventually eliminated. However, if fertility is negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262617
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Optimal accumulation in an endogenous growth setting with human capital
Docquier, Frédéric; Paddison, Oliver; Pestieau, Pierre - 2006
This paper considers a three-overlapping-generations model of endogenous growth wherein human capital is the engine of growth. It first contrasts the laissez-faire and the optimal solutions. Three possible accumulation regimes are distinguished. Then it discusses a standard set of tax-transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267402
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Ethnic competition and specialization
Kahanec, Martin - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268355