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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585848
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Attractiveness, anthropometry or both? : their relationship and role in economic research
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2014
hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459843
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Globalisation, population and ecology
Goody, Jack - 2003
fertility, i.e. later marriage. Education promotes consumerism and when there is a large gap between achievement in the economic …, there is one essential factor that affects family size throughout the world. This is education. School has decreased … mortality by the emphasis on personal and household hygiene. It has then decreased fertility by the increased costs of bringing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011593329
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USSR, education, work history, fertility choices, and later-life outcomes
Pérez-Izquierdo, Telmo; Pronkina, Elizaveta - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012310711
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Demographic change and economic development in India
Jain, Neha; Goli, Srinivas - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502403
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Evidence on the determinants and variation of idiosyncratic risk in housing markets
Cheung, Lydia; Galimberti, Jaqueson K.; Vermeulen, Philip - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469302
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Citation success over time : theory or empirics?
Johnston, David; Piatti, Marco; Torgler, Benno - 2012
This study investigates the citation patterns of theoretical and empirical papers over a period of almost 30 years, while also exploring the determinants of citation success. The results indicate that empirical papers attract more citation success than theoretical studies. However, the pattern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575963
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Fatter attraction : marital status and the relationship between BMI and labor supply
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2009
We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008840047
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Concurrent validity and feasibility of short tests currently used to measure early childhood development in large scale studies : methodology and results
Rubio-Codina, Marta; Araujo, María Caridad; Attanasio, … - 2016
In low- and middle-income countries (LIMCs) measuring early childhood development (ECD) with standard tests in large scale surveys (i.e. evaluations of interventions) is difficult and expensive. Multi-dimensional screeners and single-domain tests ('short tests') are frequently used as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527322
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Validez concurrente y viabilidad de pruebas cortas comúnmente usadas para medir el desarrollo infantil temprano en estudios a gran escala : metodología y resultados
Rubio-Codina, Marta; Araujo, María Caridad; Attanasio, … - 2016
In low- and middle-income countries (LIMCs) measuring early childhood development (ECD) with standard tests in large scale surveys (i.e. evaluations of interventions) is difficult and expensive. Multi-dimensional screeners and single-domain tests ('short tests') are frequently used as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527323