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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585848
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Globalisation, population and ecology
Goody, Jack - 2003
how these affect the question of population growth, which is after all the core of resource allocation. It shows that … population growth may also depend on better medical treatments, higher productivity, less local violence and the decline of … education. There is a gap between the literates and the number of jobs. This discrepancy has produced a floating population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011593329
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Two views on institutions and development: the grand transition vs the primacy of institutions
Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007
The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many … institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of … Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic development is a consequence of an exogenous selection of institutions. Our survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265602
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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 … Toddler Development (Bayley-III), which we take as the 'gold standard'. The Bayley-III was given at a center by psychologists … motor development has the highest concurrence below 19 months, and language above. Results do not vary by household socio …
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 … Toddler Development (Bayley-III), which we take as the 'gold standard'. The Bayley-III was given at a center by psychologists … motor development has the highest concurrence below 19 months, and language above. Results do not vary by household socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527323
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Attractiveness, anthropometry or both? : their relationship and role in economic research
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2014
We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and BMI, separately by gender and also accounting for interviewer fixed effects, in a nationally representative sample. We are the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459843
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Earning differentials between German and French speakers in Switzerland
Cattaneo, Alejandra (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The paper analyzes the effect of mother tongue on labor market outcomes of Swiss residents. This type of analysis can shed light on an important policy question. Is the Swiss labor market well integrated, or can one find instead segmentation along language borders? Improving on previous research...
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Validez predictiva de pruebas cortas comúnmente usadas para medir el desarrollo infantil en estudios a gran escala
Rubio-Codina, Marta; Grantham-McGregor, Sally - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587536
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Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages
Blundell, Richard W.; Lopez, Hugo; Ziliak, James P. - 2023
We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. A quantile selection model is used to consistently recover the full distribution of wages accounting for systematic differences in employment, permitting us to construct gender- and...
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