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Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children
García, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; Montuenga, … - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland (SOEP), inwieweit selbständige Ausländer in Deutschland überdurchschnittlich hohe Einkommen erzielen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass ausländische Selbständige insgesamt höhere Einkommen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600841
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Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants' assimilation?
Stark, Oded; Dorn, Agnieszka - 2012
Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323675
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On the economics of others
Stark, Oded - 2013
. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326706
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Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods
Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2014
We show that once interfamily exchanges are considered, Becker's rotten kids mechanism has some remarkable implications that have gone hitherto unnoticed. Specifically, we establish that Cornes and Silva's (1999) result of efficiency in the contribution game amongst siblings extends to a setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333302
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Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods
Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2014
We show that once interfamily exchanges are considered, Becker's rotten kids mechanism has some remarkable implications that have gone hitherto unnoticed. Specifically, we establish that Cornes and Silva's (1999) result of efficiency in the contribution game amongst siblings extends to a setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333450
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Determinants of workers’ remittances: evidence from the European Neighbouring Region
Schiopu, Ioana; Siegfried, Nikolaus - 2006
that altruism is important for remitting, as the GDP differential between sending and receiving countries is positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604734
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Living Conditions of Children and Parental Well-Being : Evidence from German Data on Life Satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes - 2004
, which can be interpreted as weak evidence for parental altruism. The paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261955
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Risk preference and child labour: Econometric evidence
Frempong, Raymond Boadi; Stadelmann, David - 2020
The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic reasons but also as insurance against future income shocks. Hence, the allocation of the child's time between school and work is a function of the risk preference of the household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268458
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On the economics of others
Stark, Oded - 2014
. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369089
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Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants' assimilation?
Stark, Oded; Dorn, Agnieszka - 2012
Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310504