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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women: Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2011
possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278720
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Uncertainty, intangible capital, and productivity dynamics
Palombo, Edoardo - 2020
productivity growth. This paper offers a quantitative study on the link between uncertainty and low productivity growth. Firstly … Recession. Secondly, to investigate the effect of uncertainty on productivity growth dynamics, I present a novel general … productivity growth when accounting for the empirical discrepancy between the realised and expected changes to the second-moment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670872
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From duty to right: The role of public education in the transition to aging societies
Sugimoto, Yoshiaki; Nakagawa, Masao - 2007
This paper argues that currently advanced, aging economies experienced a qualitative change in the role of public education during the process of industrialization. In the early phases of the Industrial Revolution, public education was regarded as a duty that regulated child labor and thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332212
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Human Capital Formation, Life Expectancy and the Process of Economic Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2002
This paper presents a non-Malthusian theory of long-term development We model the interplay between the process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262667
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Life expectancy and economic growth: the role of the demographic transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2009
the role of the econometric specification. We present a simple theory of the economic and demographic transition where … individuals' education and fertility decisions depend on their life expectancy. The theory predicts that before the demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269079
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Immigration, fertility, and human capital: A model of economic decline of the West
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2010
I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous population, and incentives for investment in human capital combine to predict the decline of the West. In particular, indigenous low-skilled workers lose from unskilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270531
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Growth and Welfare under Endogenous Lifetime
Schneider, Maik T.; Winkler, Ralph - 2010
We develop a perpetual youth model to investigate how longevity affects economic growth and welfare. Life expectancy is determined by individuals’ investments in healthcare. We find that improvements in the healthcare technology always increase the steady state growth rate. Although the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753201
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Growth and welfare under endogenous lifetime
Schneider, Maik T.; Winkler, Ralph - 2010
We develop a perpetual youth model to investigate how longevity affects economic growth and welfare. Life expectancy is determined by individuals' investments in healthcare. We find that improvements in the healthcare technology always increase the steady state growth rate. Although the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316046
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Parenting with style: Altruism and paternalism in intergenerational preference transmission
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2012
We construct a theory of intergenerational preference transmission that rationalizes the choice between alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316863
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Trade and the great divergence: The family connection
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2006
This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318893