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that constraints in both time and (non-)cognitive skills of the parents restrict their choice. We find that children …’s skills, in particular non-cognitive skills, are strongly associated with the parenting style. Parenting styles that are … associated with low household income and having more than one child are associated with lower skills of the child. Therefore, our …
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Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce child labour in developing countries where the initial share of skilled workers in the adult workforce – though not as large as in developed countries – is nonetheless...
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We model educational investment and labor supply in a competitive economy with home and market production. Heterogeneous workers are assumed to have different productivities both at home and in the workplace. We investigate the degree to which there is under-investment in human capital, and...
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We model educational investment and labor supply in a competitive economy with home and market production. Heterogeneous workers are assumed to have different productivities both at home and in the workplace. We investigate the degree to which there is under-investment in human capital, and...
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We study the determinants of lifetime earnings (LE) inequality in the United States, for which differences in lifetime …
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This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model to highlight the role of human capital accumulation of agents differentiated by skill type in the joint determination of social mobility and the skill premium. We first show that our model captures the empirical co-movement of the skill...
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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....
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This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model to highlight the role of human capital accumulation of agents differentiated by skill type in the joint determination of social mobility and the skill premium. We first show that our model captures the empirical co-movement of the skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075985
development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using … endogeneity issues, we find that parents reinforce for differences in their child's socio-emotional skills, compensate for changes … in her physical health, and are neutral to variation in her cognitive skills. …
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