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The economics of human cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
In this paper, we analyze the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone?s income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001545534
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What is the Source of the Intergenerational Correlation in Earnings?
Gayle, George-Levi - 2019
This paper uses a dynastic model of household behavior to estimate and decomposed the correlations in earnings across … generations. The estimate model can explain 75% to 80% of the observed correlation in lifetime earnings between fathers and sons … investment in children are the main driving force behind the intergenerational correlation in earnings and assortative mating …
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What Accounts for the Racial Gap in Time Allocation and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital?
Gayle, George-Levi - 2019
lead to racial differences in labor supply and home hours of couples. Although both the black-white labor market earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904044
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Intergenerational Transmission of Skills During Childhood and Optimal Public Policy
Casarico, Alessandra; Micheletto, Luca; Sommacal, Alessandro - 2021
The paper characterizes the optimal tax policy and the optimal quality of day care services in a OLG model with warm-glow altruism where parental choices over child care arrangements affect the probability that the child becomes a high-skilled adult in a type-specific way. With respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316071
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Intergenerational Transmission of Skills During Childhood and Optimal Public Policy
Casarico, Alessandra; Micheletto, Luca; Sommacal, Alessandro - 2012
The paper characterizes the optimal tax policy and the optimal quality of day care services in a OLG model with warm-glow altruism where parental choices over child care arrangements affect the probability that the child becomes a high-skilled adult in a type-speciffc way. With respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172268
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Background wage premia, beyond education : firm sorting and unobserved abilities
Bonacini, Luca; Patriarca, Fabrizio; Santoni, Edoardo - 2024
This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational inequality and differences in pay policies among firms. We examine whether the effects of parental background in firm selection contribute to the persistence of income inequality across generations, and particularly how this can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637312
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The Impact of Women's Educational and Economic Resources on Fertility. Spanish Birth Cohorts 1901-1950
Camps, Enriqueta - 2007
In this chapter we portray the effects of female education and professional achievement on fertility decline in Spain over the period 1920-1980 (birth cohorts of 1900-1950). A longitudinal econometric approach is used to test the hypothesis that the effects of women's education in the revaluing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729652
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Does intergenerational mobility increase corporate profits?
Albertus, James F.; Smolyansky, Michael - 2019
We find that firms located in areas with higher intergenerational mobility are more profitable. Building off the work of Chetty and Hendren (2018a and 2018b)—who provide measures of intergenerational mobility for all commuting zones (essentially, metropolitan areas) within the U.S.—we are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182409
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Human capital formation, income inequality and growth
Viaene, Jean-Marie; Zilcha, Itzhak - 2001
The paper studies the determinants of income distribution and growth in an overlapping generations economy with heterogenous households. Our framework has the following main features: (1) heterogeneity of consumers with respect to wealth and parental human capital; (2) intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399283
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Human capital formation, income inequality and growth
Viaene, Jean-Marie; Zilcha, Itzhak - 2001
The paper studies the determinants of income distribution and growth in an overlapping generations economy withheterogenous households. Our framework has the following main features:heterogeneity of consumers with respect to wealth and parental human capital;intergenerational transfers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318579