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The Role of Family Background for Earnings in Rural China
Eriksson, Tor; Zhang, Yingqiang - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 7 (2012) 3, pp. 465-477
This paper provides estimates of brother income correlations for rural China. Brother correlations are a parsimonious measure of the importance of family and community background as determinants of individuals¡¯ economic status. We find internationally high levels of income similarity for...
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Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs
Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of … entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship … function of individual wealth while the introduction of start-up costs tends to flatten this relationship. The theoretical …
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Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs
Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - RAND - 2007
The authors study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the … fraction of entrepreneurs in an economy. They develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into … function of individual wealth while the introduction of start-up costs tends to flatten this relationship. The theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545543
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How Important Is Cultural Background for the Level of Intergenerational Mobility?
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2012-03), pp. 335-337
Based on brother correlations in permanent earnings for different groups of second generation immigrants, the findings in this paper indicate that cultural background is not a major determinant of the level of intergenerational economic mobility.
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Are We Architects of Our Own Happiness?: The Importance of Family Background for Well-Being
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or wellbeing). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find...
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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - CESifo - 2012
Previous estimates of inequality of opportunity (IOp) are lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed characteristics beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. Knowing the true size of unfair IOp, however, is important for the acceptance of (some) inequality and...
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Family Background and Income during the Rise of the Welfare State: Brother Correlations in Income for Swedish Men Born 1932-1968
bjorklund, anders; Lindquist, Matthew J.; Jäntti, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The goal of this study is to examine trends in the importance of family background in determining adult income in Sweden. We investigate whether the association between family background and income in Sweden has changed for cohorts born 1932-1968. Our main finding is that the share of the...
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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education system affect equality of educational opportunity. Our...
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What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
Cho, Sungwook; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study examines the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to experience of poverty or poor family background during one's childhood. With the data from Korean Labor Income Panel Study, KLIPS, quantile regression...
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PARENTAL EDUCATION AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS COHORTS IN ITALY AND SPAIN
PAOLO, ANTONIO DI - In: Revista de Economia Aplicada 20 (2012) 1, pp. 119-146
Drawing on data contained in the 2005 EU-SILC, this paper investigates the disparities in educational opportunities in Italy and Spain. Its main objective is to analyse the predicted probabilities of completing upper-secondary and tertiary education for individuals with different parental...
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