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Assortative preferences in choice of major
Aydede, Yigit - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/6, pp. 1-25
The primary objective of this study is to examine the contribution of available information constrained by parents' fields of study to the observed assortative preferences in their children's choice of major. Comparable to panel models, we define within-family transmission functions with 1-to-2...
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Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the US: The effects of the family rewards program in New York City
Miller, Cynthia; Riccio, James; Verma, Nandita; Nuñez, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-29
incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled … rewards were offered. The program also led to some effects in each of the three areas of education, health and work, although …
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Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the US : the effects of the family rewards program in New York City
Miller, Cynthia K.; Riccio, James A.; Verma, Nandita; … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-29
incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled … rewards were offered. The program also led to some effects in each of the three areas of education, health and work, although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288704
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Does grief transfer across generations? : in-utero deaths and child outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258168
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Production by sector in Africa, 2000-2005
GUISAN, Maria-Carmen; EXPOSITO, Pilar - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 7 (2007) 2, pp. 5-24
should be addressed not only to social programs related with education, health and other basic conditions for wellbeing but … well as foreign trade. International cooperation for investment in infrastructures, industry, education and other important …
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DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO DE ÁFRICA EN 2000-2005: EDUCACIÓN, GASTO EN SALUD, POBLACIÓN Y RENTA
Guisan, M. Carmen; Exposito, Pilar - In: Estudios Economicos de Desarrollo Internacional 6 (2006) 1
Analizamos la evolución del desarrollo económico y del crecimiento demográfico de 38 países de África en el período 2000-2005, en comparación con la media mundial, así como las relaciones entre el nivel de desarrollo y el gasto en salud y educación. Aunque podemos constatar una ligera...
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Heterogeneity in spousal matching models
Fletcher, Jason; Padrón, Norma - 2015
An important paper by Chiappori et al. (2012) has proposed an elegant and parsimonious model of spousal matching over multi-dimensional characteristics. Importantly, the model suggests specific testable assumptions that allow researchers to uncover marginal rates of substitution (MRS) between...
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Assortative mating on education : a genetic assessment
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2019
We investigate assortative mating on education using a sample of couples from the Health and Retirement Study. We … estimate a reduced-form linear matching function, which links wife's education to husband's education and both wife's and … husband's unobservable characteristics. Using OLS we find that an additional year in husband's education is associated with an …
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Dynamic skill accumulation, comparative advantages, compulsory schooling, and earnings
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2011
the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282223
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Can subjective expectations data be used in choice models? : evidence on cognitive biases
Zafar, Basit - 2010
A pervasive concern with the use of subjective data in choice models is that the data are biased and endogenous. This paper examines the extent to which cognitive biases plague subjective data, specifically addressing 1) whether cognitive dissonance affects the reporting of beliefs, and 2)...
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