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What accounts for the emergence of Malthusian fertility in transition economies?
Micevska, Maja B. (contributor); Zak, Paul J. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
corresponding drop in fertility. This is contrary to the robust negative relationship between income and fertility that has been … extensively documented. This paper presents a theoretical model that explains the positive relationship between fertility and … income. The model predicts that: i) the perceived level of subsistence consumption fundamentally determines whether fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001768396
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What Accounts for the Emergence of Malthusian Fertility in Transition Economies?
Micevska, Maja Branko; Zak, Paul J. - 2008
corresponding drop in fertility. This is contrary to the robust negative relationship between income and fertility that has been … extensively documented. This paper presents a theoretical model that explains the positive relationship between fertility and … income. The model predicts that: i) the perceived level of subsistence consumption fundamentally determines whether fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119227
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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016
We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern histories, there is no evidence on how it affected the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449769
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Minding the happiness gap : political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition
Nikolova, Milena - 2015
Along with political and economic changes, the fall of the socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union brought about fundamental institutional reforms. Several studies have examined the causes of the increasing unhappiness which accompanied the transition process,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387030
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Can Religion Insure Against Aggregate Shocks to Happiness? The Case of Transition Countries
Popova, Olga - 2010
This paper focuses on the effects of reforms and religion on happiness in transition economies. Previous literature suggests that religiousness insures happiness against individual stressful life events, such as unemployment, disability, or marital separation. I estimate an econometric model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189622
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Happy people have children : choice and self-selection into parenthood
Cetre, Sophie; Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2016
There is mixed evidence in the existing literature on whether children are associated with greater subjective well-being, with the correlation depending on which countries and populations are considered. We here provide a systematic analysis of this question based on three different datasets:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457380
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Income and fertility of female college graduates in the United States
Cai, Zhengyu; Winters, John V. - 2024
Fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels in many economies. We examine the relationship between female … incomes and fertility for college graduates in the United States. Female income is likely endogenous to fertility, and … procedure to estimate two-sided bounds for the effect of female income on fertility. The effect of female income on fertility is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015084141
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Income effects on children's life satisfaction : longitudinal evidence for England
Knies, Gundi - 2017
Using longitudinal data for children aged 10-15 years living in England in 2009-2014 we test the hypothesis that income matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their family has. Income effects are larger the less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621542
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Gender preferences in Central and Eastern Europe as reflected in partnership and fertility outcomes
Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika; Wowczko, Izabela - 2021
The decisions of parents following the birth of their first child concerning subsequent fertility, and the stability of …-International inventory around 2000 and 2010, we examine the effect of the gender of the first-born child(ren) on the fertility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494136
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Intergenerational income mobility and income taxation
Kurnaz, Musab; Soytas, Mehmet A. - 2019
the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145460