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Urban China's high levels of ambient air pollution both lowers quality of life and raises mortality risk. China … inequality in human capital accumulation and in quality of life inequality in urban China …
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relationships among household members poses challenges for benefit estimation since it is unlikely that the conditions necessary for … recovering the underlying individual preferences from household choices are satisfied in this setting. We propose a conceptual … relationships for household members of different ages to test the implications of our conceptual model. Respondents' choices take …
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-capita basis a carbon price is much more regressive than calculations at the household level. We discuss policy options to offset …
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In rural areas of most developing countries, intergenerational coresidence is both widespread and an important determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on the family farm or provide care and assistance around...
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In our incomplete markets economy financial frictions affect the optimal inflation target. Households choose portfolios consisting of risky (uninsurable) capital and money. Money is a bubbly store of value. The market outcome is constrained Pareto inefficient due to a pecuniary externality. Each...
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The economic and social mobility of a generation may be largely determined by the time it enters school given early developing and persistent gaps in child achievement by family income and the importance of adolescent skill levels for educational attainment and lifetime earnings. After providing...
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In this paper we analyze income tax design in a two member household labor supply model where time spent on consumption … together by the two household members is valued differently from time spent apart. We treat consumption as a non excludable … public good to members of the household; one example would be where all household members or one alone can watch TV. When …
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It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational...
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