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A political economy and voicing model of the institutional impact of brain drain, human capital, inequality and country size
Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021
Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
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A political economy and voicing model of the institutional impact of brain drain, human capital, inequality and country size
Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021
Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550218
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Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital
Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021
We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511571
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Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital
Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021
We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517207
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Income gaps : education and inequality
Leone, Julián; Cascio, Jorge Lo - In: Economics and business review 6/20 (2020) 4, pp. 27-50
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Do startup employees earn more in the long run?
Sorenson, Olav; Dahl, Michael S.; Canales, Rodrigo; … - In: Organization science : a journal of the Institute for … 32 (2021) 3, pp. 587-604
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Racial wealth disparities : reconsidering the roles of human capital and inheritance
Sabelhaus, John; Thompson, Jeffrey P. - 2022 - This version: September 2021
In this paper, we present updated measures of racial disparities in wealth using the most recent data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), augmented by household-level estimates of defined benefit (DB) pension wealth developed by Sabelhaus and Volz (2020). Including this important asset,...
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Opportunity and inequality across generations
Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2022
We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment, applying dynamic inverse probability weighting to account for dynamic selection. We show that the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012879620
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Capital flows and endogenous growth
Komarov, Evgenij - 2021 - This version: November 18, 2021
So-called "uphill capital flows", i.e. flows of physical capital from relatively poor to rich countries, are a new phenomenon with yet unclear impact. We develop a unified framework incorporating economic institutions, human capital and physical capital to study the interaction of international...
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Inequality in early care experienced by U.S. children
Flood, Sarah; McMurry, Joel; Sojourner, Aaron; Wiswall, … - 2021
tend to receive care of higher measured quality and higher cost. Inequality is evident at home as well: measures of …-income households, reduces inequality in care provided, but it is mainly limited to older children and to the lowest income households …
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