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Simone D\'Alessandro; Fioroni, Tamara - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2013

This paper focuses on the evolution of child labour, fertility and human capital in an economy characterized by two … labour and fertility decisions. Furthermore, we investigate how child labour regulation policies can influence the welfare of …

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Do You Work or Do You Study? Children’s Work in a Comparative Historical Perspective

Camps, Enriqueta - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2010

In this paper we compare two historical scenarios very different one to each other both in institutional and geographical terms. What they have in common is the situation of relative poverty of most of the population. On the one side we are dealing with historical industrializing Catalonia in...

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Motherhood Delay and the Human Capital of the Next Generation

Miller, Amalia R. - 2009

This paper exploits biological fertility shocks as instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect of motherhood … that promote early motherhood. While such policies may succeed at increasing total period fertility rates, they will be …

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Human Capital Investments and Family Size in Italy : IV Estimates Using Twin Births as an Instrument

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2022

Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the children quantity-quality trade-off proposed by Becker...

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Clash of Career and Family : Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Bono, Emilia Del; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2021

In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a … displacement reduces average fertility by 5 to 10% in both the short and medium term (3 and 6 years) and that these effects are … reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …

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The gender bias and children's work: Spain, Latin America and Developing countries in a long run comparative perspective

Camps, Enriqueta - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005

In this paper we compare several historical scenarios very different one to each other both in institutional and geographical terms. What they have in common is the situation of relative poverty of most of the population. On the one part we are dealing with historical industrializing Catalonia...

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Clash of Career and Family. Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 2008

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Child Labour and Inequality

Fioroni, Tamara; D'Alessandro, Simone - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

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Did science cause the industrial revolution?

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2014

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How would population growth affect investment in the future? : asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...

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