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Bellettini, Giorgio; Berti Ceroni, Carlotta; Ottaviano, … - 2003

We study the interactions between technological innovation, investment in human capital and child labor. In our setting … firms decide on innovation, then households decide on education. In equilibrium the presence of inefficient child labor … on child labor are welfare reducing, while a subsidy to innovation is the right tool to eliminate child labor and …

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Education in a marriage market model without commitment

Hyee, Raphaela - 2011

This paper develops a model that combines intra-household bargaining with competition on the marriage market to analyse women's and men's incentives to invest in education. Once married, spouses bargain over their share of total household income. They have the option of unilateral divorce and...

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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?

Hyee, Raphaela - 2011

This paper demonstrates that a woman's propensity to separate from her husband or live-in partner depends positively on male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings power, the more likely a woman is to end her...

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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria; … - 2023

Individuals vary considerably in how much they earn during their lifetimes. This study examines the role of the tax-and-transfer system in mitigating such inequalities, which could otherwise lead to disparities in living standards. Utilizing a life-cycle model, we determine that taxes and...

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(Re-)sources of innovation : understanding and comparing innovation dynamics through the lens of communities of practice

Müller, Felix C.; Ibert, Oliver - 2014

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Securing knowledge assets in the early phase of innovation

Herlau, Henrik (contributor); Tetzschner, Helge (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The cost of competitiveness of manufacturing in China and India : an industry and regional perspective

Ark, Bart van (contributor) - 2008

This paper focuses on comparisons of productivity, (unit) labor cost and industrylevel competitiveness for the manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international perspective. We find that China has increased its labor...

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The employment potential of labor intensive industries on India's organized manufacturing

Das, Deb Kusum; Wadhwa, Deepika; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009

This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for...

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Do labor intensive industries generate employment? : evidence from firm level survey in India

Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009

This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India’s organized manufacturing in order to understand the constraints on employment generation in the labour intensive sectors. Using primary survey data covering 252 labour intensive manufacturing-exporting firms...

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Human capital potential of India's future workforce

Mehdi, Ali; Chaudhry, Divya - 2015

development) to reap its demographic dividend in a manner that is commensurate with the demands of a knowledge economy. …

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