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Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality
Das, Mausumi; Chakraborty, Shankha - eSocialSciences - 2010
Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. Health human capital is introduced into a two-period overlapping generations model....
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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism
Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited parental altruism. It is postulated that the degree of parental altruism is ‘limited’ by the financial status of the parent. [CDE WP 101].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341789
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Paul, Gilles Saint - eSocialSciences - 2010
produced children is the same as among their parents. In such a society, cloning has disappeared. If the distribution of genes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008532010
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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism
Das, Mausumi - Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics - 2002
This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited parental altruism. We postulate that the degree of parental altruism is 'limited' by the financial status of the parent. A poor parent not only has less ability, but also has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190335
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
produced children is the same as among their parents. In such a society, cloning has disappeared. If the distribution of genes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762041
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
produced children is the same as among their parents. In such a society, cloning has disappeared. If the distribution of genes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792154
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Income Equality, School Performance and Educational Mobility
Bauer, Philipp C.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2011
parents. In contrast, children with poorly educated parents as well as children with highly educated parents perform worse in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008835205
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Soziale Ertragsraten und Verteilungseffekte des Humankapitals: internationale Evidenz.
Gundlach, Erich; Hemmer, Hans-Rimbert - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2003
Humankapital gilt gemeinhin als eine wesentliche Determinante von Wachstum und Entwicklung. Der empirischen Forschung …. Klenow und Rodriguez-Clare (1997) sowie Hall und Jones (1999) weisen dem Produktionsfaktor Humankapital für die Erklärung … Basis verbesserter Humankapital-Daten bestritten wird. Weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben ist in der aktuellen empirischen …
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Neue Beteiligungs- und Steuerungsprozesse in der ländlichen Entwicklung: Phase I der Begleitforschung zum Modellvorhaben
Küpper, Patrick; Kundolf, Stefan; Margarian, Anne - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2014
In diesem Bericht werden die Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2012 bis 2013 zum Modellvorhaben LandZukunft des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) vorgestellt. Das Modellvorhaben läuft von 2012 bis Ende 2014 in vier aus ursprünglich 17 Landkreisen ausgewählten...
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Warum gibt es arme und reiche Länder in der Weltwirtschaft? : Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung aus der Sicht der neoklassischen Wachstumstheorie.
Gundlach, Erich - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1995
Humankapital. …
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