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The lost race against the machine : automation, education and inequality in an R&D-based growth model
Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We analyze the effect of automation on economic growth and inequality in an R&D-based growth model with two types of labor: highskilled labor that is complementary to machines and low-skilled labor that is a substitute for machines. The model predicts that innovationdriven growth leads to...
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Innovation, automation, and inequality : policy challenges in the race against the machine
Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2019
We analyze the effects of R&D-driven automation on economic growth, education, and inequality when high-skilled workers are complements to machines and low-skilled workers are substitutes for machines. The model predicts that innovation-driven growth leads to an increasing population share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161735
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The lost race against the machine : automation, education, and inequality in an R&D-based growth model
Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We analyze the effects of automation and education on economic growth and inequality in an R&D-based growth model with two types of labor: high-skilled labor that is complementary to machines and low-skilled labor that is a substitute for machines. The model predicts that innovation-driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754634
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Myopic misery : maternal depression, child investments, and the neurobiological poverty trap
Strulik, Holger - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 23 (2019) 2, pp. 522-534
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Myopic misery : maternal depression, child investments, and the neurobiological poverty trap
Strulik, Holger - 2016 - Revised Version: October 2016
In this paper, I explore in an overlapping generations framework, a mechanism motivating a neurobiological poverty trap …. Poverty causes stress and depression in individuals susceptible to depression. Poor and depressed individuals discount the … depression but also stress and poverty. I show that a successful one-time intervention has the power to permanently eliminate the …
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Menstruation hygiene management and work attendance in a developing country
Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2019
Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
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The role of poverty and community norms in child labor and schooling decisions
Strulik, Holger - 2008
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The role of poverty and community norms in child labor and schooling decisions
Strulik, Holger (contributor) - 2008
Household poverty is a powerful motive for child labor and working frequently comes at the expense of schooling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612613
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Gender Equity and the Escape from Poverty
Prettner, Klaus - 2014
We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of daughters and sons, and consider the intra-household bargaining power of spouses. In line with the empirical regularity for less developed countries, we assume that mothers desire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046786
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Multidimensional perspectives on poverty
Pasha, Atika - 2016
Messung menschlicher Armut und Entwicklung gibt es seit den späten 70er Jahren zunehmendes Interesse an der Ökonomie des …
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