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Convergence or divergence?: a longitudinal analysis of behaviour problems among disabled and non-disabled children aged 3 to 7 in England
Fauth, Rebecca; Parsons, Samantha; Platt, Lucinda - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This study sets out to identify the incidence and development of disabled children’s problem behaviours, including conduct, peer, hyperactivity and emotional problems during the early years using the Millennium Cohort Study, a large-scale, nationally representative UK study. We track the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143966
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Growth and inequality: a demographic explanation
Miyazawa, Kazutoshi - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
model of the accidental bequest with endogenous fertility, we analyze the effects of a decrease in the old-age mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928630
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Fertility, education and development: further evidence from India
Dreze, Jean; Murthi, Mamta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines … the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1981 and 1991. We … find that women's education is the most important factor explaining fertility differences across the country and over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745825
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The impact of the labour market on the timing of marriage and births in Spain
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … hours) postpone first and second birth in any cohort, even accounting for any potential endogeneity between fertility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745947
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Locus of control and its intergenerational implications for early childhood skill formation
Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Cornaglia, Francesca; Powdthavee, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We propose a model in which parents have a subjective belief about the impact of their investment on the early skill formation of their children. This subjective belief is determined in part by locus of control (LOC), i.e., the extent to which individuals believe that their actions can influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126247
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Employment duration and shifts into retirement in the EU
Aranki, Ted; Macchiarelli, Corrado - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
According to Principal-Agent theory, states (the principal) delegate the implementation of a legalized agreement to an international organization (the agent). The conventional wisdom about states’ capacity to control international organizations is that differences among the member states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745088
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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746478
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Changes in the living arrangements of elderly people in Greece: 1974-1999
Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
During the period 1974-1999 the percentage of elderly living with their children in Greece reduced from 55 per cent to about 32 per cent. In this paper we examine determinants of the decrease in intergenerational co-residence among Greek elderly people and their adult children and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125994
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Wealth shocks and health outcomes: evidence from stock market fluctuations
Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about such effects which have so far only been found for poor retirees in poor countries. In this paper I show that wealth shocks also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126390
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Long term care partnerships: are they 'fit for purpose'?
Bergquist, Savannah; Costa-Font, Joan; Swartz, Katherine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
The risk of high costs of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) is one of the largest uninsured risks for American families and a major challenge to the sustainability of Medicaid. To address the latter, the long-term care partnership (LTCP) program was an initiative designed to encourage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126427