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Child quality and child quantity : evidence from Bolivian household surveys

Bredl, Sebastian - 2012

empirically in a cross-sectional framework with data from Bolivian household surveys. Instead of focusing on actual fertility ….e. the adaptation of desired to actual fertility levels - is taken into account. The empirical findings are in line with the … predictions of these models. Furthermore a weak but significant negative impact of fertility exceeding the desired level on …

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Mobile Phone Ownership and Welfare : Evidence from South Africa's Household Survey

Miyajima, Ken - 2021

Digitalization is accelerating as countries fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, the impact of mobile phone ownership on welfare (represented by consumption) is estimated for South Africa using rich household survey data in a panel format, the National Income Dynamics Study...

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Education, lifetime labor supply, and longevity improvements

Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Albis, Hippolyte d’; … - 2016

This paper presents an analysis of the differential role of mortality for the optimal schooling and retirement age when the accumulation of human capital follows the so-called "Ben-Porath mechanism". We set up a life-cycle model of consumption and labor supply at the extensive margin that allows...

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On Historical Household Budgets

A'Hearn, Brian - 2016

The paper argues that household budgets are the best starting point for investigating a number of big questions related to the evolution of the living standards during the last two-three centuries. If one knows where to look, historical family budgets are more abundant than might be suspected....

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Respondent Biases in Household Surveys

Dillon, Andrew; Mensah, Edouard Romeo - 2021

Respondent biases introduce measurement error into household statistics. There are two components of respondent bias in household surveys: asymmetric information between proxy respondent and the individual on whom they report and aggregation bias when a proxy respondent reports on a...

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