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environments characterized by fixed resources, endogenous fertility, and full information. Individuals in our environment are fully … et al. (2007). We also show that efficient allocation in the endogenous fertility case differs significantly from its … exogenous fertility counterpart. In particular, optimal steady state population is proportional to the amount of fixed resources …
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We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility penalty to job …
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We document new facts on the distribution of male fertility and its relationship with men's labor market outcomes … percentage points over the last thirty cohort years. There has been a compression in the fertility distribution, with a … partnered, and that these effects are persistent up to 15 years after the event. We conclude by documenting that men's fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241345
fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the …
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workers have a top ability if fertility is uncorrelated with ability and if the distribution of ability among sexually … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …
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workers have a top ability if fertility is uncorrelated with ability and if the distribution of ability among sexually … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262438
Single parents and unmarried couples are increasingly replacing the traditional nuclear family. This paper investigates if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany. Children in single parent families are disadvantaged in...
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Recent research reveals a negative impact of divorce on children's welfare as a consequence of the reduction in monetary and time contributions by the non-custodian parent. When the custody arrangement is sole custody, the variables that link the absent parent to the child are visitations and...
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This study analyses which individual and institutional factors (causally) influence individuals in their educational career and in their choice for an occupation. Chapter 2 explores consequences of parental separation for cognitive skill development of children. In the year before parental...
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This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a bargaining model estimation framework that allows one to identify the allocation of resources across adult and children males and females. Our results using the Suriname...
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