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A Theory of Educational Inequality Family and Agency Costs
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we examine the consequences of imperfect information on the pattern of transfers from parents to children. Drawing on the theory of mechanism design, we consider a model of family contract with two levels of effort. We prove that equal transfers among children are expected under...
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Consumption style among young adults toward their shopping behavior:an empirical study in Pakistan
Azam, Rehan; Muhammad, Danish; Syed Akbar, Suleman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of this study was to substantiate the consumption styles of adolescents as customer. The study was executed in Karachi, Pakistan by applying consumption style inventory scale. The data covered of 1,048 respondents who are young and educated mostly students, which belong to the...
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On the role of amenities in models of migration and regional development
Knapp, Thomas A.; Graves, Philip E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1989
While unable to copy/paste the abstract, the paper discusses the importance of regionally-varying amenities to migration and regional development.
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Family attention care and transfers
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper, we examine the pure exchange motive for intergenerational transfers within the family. We consider a model where a parent offers a financial transfer in exchange for the care services of the child. Using a Stackelberg game, we study the optimal attention care-money contract...
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Social security family finance and demography
Jellal, Mohamed; Bouzahzah, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper we analyzed a model of endogenous fertility in presence of financial market assets and social security pensions. Given the children externality and in the absence of corrective policy, the fertility rate chosen in market economy is too low. Indeed, in his optimal choice of family...
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Agricultural Subsidy Policies Fail to Deal with Child Labour under Agricultural Dualism: What could be the Alternative Policies?
Dwibedi, Jayanta; Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We provide a theoretical explanation why agricultural subsidy policies are likely to fail to ensure simultaneous eradication of the incidence of child labour and improvement in the well-being of the poor working families in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model with child labour and...
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An Investigation of Household Reproductive Behaviour in Pakistan
Mohammad, Irfan; Farooq, G. M.; Khan, Zubaida; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1983
Our present concern is with fertility determinants on Pakistan. Based on the household data co11cted in connection with PIDE/ILO project "Studies in Population, Labour Ircrce and Migration in Pakistan" an attempt is made to ascertain the influence of various socio-economic variables on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114287
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The Bargaining Power of Missing Women: Evidence from a Sanitation Campaign in India
Stopnitzky, Yaniv - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread discrimination against women. In recent years, however, women successfully demand private sanitation facilities from potential husbands as a precondition for marriage. I study this manifestation...
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Teenage Pregnancy in Mexico: Evolution and Consequences
Arceo-Gómez, Eva Olimpia; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
of work and a higher marriage rate. In the long-run, we find a loss in years of education of 1-1.2, which implies a … permanent effect on education, and that household income per capita is lower. …
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Household choice of public versus private schooling: a case study of Bahawalpur City
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Raza, Maryam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Government of Punjab is committed to attain the universalization of school education by providing free education and … even in a number of districts the free books and through the programs of food for education. The stipends on the subsidized … partial failure of these schemes and making the target of universalization of school education difficult. The paper examines …
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