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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2004
and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275026
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Religion and Growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469638
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Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent … pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763805
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700901
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615437
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Be Fruitful and Multiply? Moderate Fecundity and Long-Run Reproductive Success
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Exploiting an extensive genealogy record for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the study traces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752232
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The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959539
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Zukünftige Fachkräfteengpässe in Deutschland?
Dräger, Vanessa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Gefährdet der demographische Wandel den ökonomischen Wohlstand in Deutschland oder reicht das Arbeitsvolumenangebot aus, um den Arbeitsvolumenbedarf zu decken? In diesem Beitrag wird mittels Wachstumszerlegung der Bedarf für ein fortgeschriebenes BIP-pro-Kopf ermittelt. Dieser wird dem...
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Demography of Global Aging
Bloom, David E.; Mitgang, Elizabeth; Osher, Benjamin - 2016
Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the population. This chapter begins by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts...
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Population Growth and Carbon Emissions
Casey, Gregory; Galor, Oded - 2016
We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584695