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Is Child Labor Inefficient?
Baland, Jean-Marie; Robinson, James A. - 2014
under which it may be Pareto improving in general equilibrium. We show that the implications of child labor for fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151797
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The dynamics of asymmetry among fertility, income inequality and financial development in Bangladesh
Husain, Humaira - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
This research studies the extent of asymmetric responses of general fertility rate with financial development and … distributed lag methodologies. Our study identifies a long run stable equilibrium among fertility rate, financial development and … income inequality under assumptions of symmetric and asymmetric relationships between fertility and each of the control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013553635
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Capital Market Failure, Adverse Selection and Equity Financing of Higher Education
Jacobs, Bas; van Wijnbergen, Sweder J.G. - 2005
We apply theories of capital market failure to ana1yzeoptima1 financing of risky higher education. In the market solution,students can only finance their education through debt. There isunderinvestment in human capita1, because some students with socia1lyprofitable investments in human capita1...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325581
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Capital market failure, adverse selection and equity financing of higher education
Jacobs, Bas; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2005
We apply theories of capital market failure to ana1yzeoptima1 financing of risky higher education. In the market solution,students can only finance their education through debt. There isunderinvestment in human capita1, because some students with socia1lyprofitable investments in human capita1...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343276
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The different returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets
Bastani, Spencer; Karlsson, Kristina; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023
We investigate the returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets. Using population-wide Swedish military enlistment data and administrative tax records, we find that cognitive ability is much better at predicting capital income than labor earnings. The difference is almost a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250925
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The different returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets
Bastani, Spencer; Karlsson, Kristina; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023
We investigate the returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets. Using population-wide Swedish military enlistment data and administrative tax records, we find that cognitive ability is much better at predicting capital income than labor earnings. The difference is almost a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251435
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Fertility choice and financial development
Filoso, Valerio; Papagni, Erasmo - 2010
results indicate that improved access to credit reduces fertility in poor countries and increases fertility in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524838
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Theories and empirics of economic growth
Cinyabuguma, Matthias M. - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003384471
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Is child labor inefficient?
Baland, Jean-Marie; Robinson, James A. - In: Journal of political economy 108 (2000) 4, pp. 663-679
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001499610
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Multidimensional cognitive ability, intermediate channels, and financial outcomes
Simion, Ștefania; Sulka, Tomasz - 2023
In this paper, we examine which dimensions of cognitive ability are most predictive of key financial outcomes and what pathways could account for the observed relationships. We begin by proposing a conceptual framework that accounts for several plausible "channels" through which dif- ferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281581