Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 38,240
Cover Image
FAMILY SIZE, HUMAN CAPITAL AND GROWTH: STRUCTURAL PATH ANALYSIS OF RWANDA
TEMEL, TUGRUL - In: Journal of Economic Development 38 (2013) 4, pp. 39-73
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic role that different household groups play in human capital formation, sectoral growth and income distribution in Rwanda. Using a disaggregated SAM for Rwanda and, with the assistance of structural path analysis, the paper explores the macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732541
Cover Image
Time or money: impact of parental employment on time that 4 to 5 year olds spend in language building activities
Brown, Jude; Bittman, Michael - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 10 (2007) 3, pp. 149-165
Early childhood is a critical time for establishing the communication and literacy skills that shape children’s subsequent academic, social and employment opportunities. Debates around the family environments that support children’s optimal development, have focused on mothers’ workforce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565365
Cover Image
FAMILY PLANNING, GROWTH, INCOME DISTRIBUTION: GRAPH-THEORETIC PATH ANALYSIS OF RWANDA
TEMEL, TUGRUL - In: Journal of Economic Development 39 (2014) 1, pp. 1-45
This paper explores macroeconomic linkages among family planning, human capital and economic growth in Rwanda. Based on a disaggregated social accounting matrix (SAM), welfare effects of alternative exogenous injections are investigated, and the high and low-income pathways are identified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756151
Cover Image
Family size, human capital and growth: structural path analysis of Rwanda
Temel, Tugrul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic role that different household groups play in human capital formation, sectoral growth and income distribution in Rwanda. Using a disaggregated SAM for Rwanda and with the assistance of structural path analysis, the paper explores the macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147703
Cover Image
Where there is a will: Fertility behavior and sex bias in large families
Jain, Tarun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
drive fertility behavior that generates sex-based differences in outcomes even when parents do not explicitly prefer boys … agricultural land. I confirm this theoretical prediction using panel data from rural households in India. This strategic fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034368
Cover Image
Ökonomische Analysen des Paarverhaltens aus der Lebensverlaufsperspektive und politische Implikationen
Beblo, Miriam; Boll, Christina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 83 (2014) 1, pp. 121-144
expose the main decision spheres (fertility, work division and use of income) with empirical evidence on conflicting intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128113
Cover Image
A 'Natural Experiment' on the Economics of Storks: Evidence on the Impact of Differential Family Policy on Fertility Rates in Canada
Duclos, Edith; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Fluctuations … - 2001
families with children. Faced with the lowest (and declining) fertility rate in Canada, the government of the province of … evaluate the effects of generous tax and transfer policies on fertility. The paper uses the important change in family policy … application of the Bongaarts-Feeney formula that accounts for the impact of changes in the quantum and tempo of fertility by birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827164
Cover Image
The Impact of Scheduling Birth Early on Infant Health
Borra, Cristina; González, Libertad; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2015
We take advantage of a natural experiment to provide new, credible evidence on the health consequences of scheduling births early for non-medical reasons. In May 2010, the Spanish government announced that a 2,500-euro universal “baby bonus” would stop being paid to babies born after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213422
Cover Image
Pensions and Fertility: Back to the Roots - The Introduction of Bismarck's Pension Scheme and the European Fertility Decline
Fenge, Robert; Scheubel, Beatrice - CESifo - 2013
Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691459
Cover Image
Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627824