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should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …
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should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220112
should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005747183
It is widely agreed that the early years are a particularly important time for efforts to increase social mobility, because a good deal of inequality is already apparent by the time children start school, and because children's development may be less amenable to change after they enter school....
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This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between 1935 and 1975. Our estimates rely on a two-sample instrumental variables approach using representative data from the Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) surveys,...
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This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between 1935 and 1975. Our estimates rely on a two-sample instrumental variables approach using representative data from the Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) surveys,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096460
This chapter summarizes what has been learned from recent research on intergenerational transmission of earnings status. The chapter begins by using a simple theoretical model to highlight several key concepts. Then it reviews (and discusses the connections among) three related empirical...
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Using a structural dynamic programming model, we investigate the relative importance of family background variables and individual specific abilities in explaining cross-sectional differences in schooling attainments and wages. Given scholastic ability, household background variables (especially...
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This paper analyses income, wealth and earnings inequality in Australia, using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey as the primary source of data. Income inequality in Australia has risen in the last two decades, but most of the rise occurred prior to the global...
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the link between marriage and sexual activity on a sample of migrants in the town of Kisumu, Western Kenya, which reported … remittances among the migrants (after instrumenting), consistent with the view that marriage improves labor market outcomes and …The marriage institution, which plays an important role in regulating sexual activity in most societies, traditionally …
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