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Women's Earning Power and the 'Double Burden' of Market and Household Work
Chen, Natalie; Conconi, Paola; Perroni, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …
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Social mobility, life chances, and the early years
Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
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...
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Body Mass Index, participation, duration of work and earnings under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Rajasthan
Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, Manoj K. - In: Journal of Asian Economics 26 (2013) C, pp. 14-30
Despite its evident importance relatively little is known about links between Body Mass Index (BMI) and participation in workfare programs, particularly in India. Using a unique data set for the Indian state of Rajasthan for 2009–10, this paper attempts to fill this void and examines the...
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Pull and Push : Individual Farming in Hungary
Rizov, Marian - 2005
This paper is motivated by the fact that (part-time) individual farming is commonly observed among rural households in a number of transition economies but it is not clear prima facie if such resource allocation is optimal. A conceptual model of household labor allocation between individual...
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Retirement Preparation of the Non-Farm Self-Employed
Devaney, Sharon A. - 1999
Despite growth in the numbers of self-employed workers, there is little research on the retirement planning behavior of this group. The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of self-employed workers and determine factors that lead to increased savings for retirement. Findings...
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Are Americans Prepared for Retirement?
Yuh, Yoonkyung - 2011
This study estimates the adequacy of retirement wealth of pre-retirement households using a 1995 national sample of households. Retirement wealth is projected using planned retirement age and portfolio allocation. Retirement needs are estimated from expenditure functions, and 52% of the...
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The Impact of Divorce Laws on Marriage - Specific Capital
Stevenson, Betsey - 2011
This paper considers how divorce law alters the incentives for couples to invest in their marriage, focusing on the … useful quasi-experimental variation with which to consider incentives to invest in several types of marriage-specific capital … - regardless of the prevailing property-division laws - reduces investment in all types of marriage-specific capital considered …
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Preferences over Leisure and Consumption of Siblings and Intra-Household Allocation
Kirchberger, Martina - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014
Children are increasingly treated as active members in the household.  However, their preferences over consumption and leisure are rarely modelled.  This paper considers heterogeneity in siblings' preferences over leisure and consumption and builds a theoretical and empirical model for...
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Failure vs. Displacement: Why an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program Showed No Net Impact
Morduch, Jonathan; Ravi, Shamika; Bauchet, Jonathan - Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic … - 2012
We present results from a randomized trial of an innovative anti-poverty program in India. Instead of a safety net, the program provides “ultra-poor” households with inputs to create a new livelihood and attain economic independence. We find no statistically significant evidence of lasting...
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Failure vs. Displacement: Why An Innovative Anti-Poverty Program Showed No Net Impact
Morduch, Jonathan; Ravi, Shamika; Bauchet, Jonathan - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2012
We present results from a randomized trial of an innovative anti-poverty program in India. Instead of a safety net, the program provides “ultra-poor” households with inputs to create a new livelihood and attain economic independence. We find no statistically significant evidence of lasting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011015084