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This paper studies the transmission mechanism from family culture to economic institutions, by analyzing the impact of … time. -- culture ; institutions ; historical evidence …
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embedded into newly born economic institutions. We argue that when the family is substituted in one of its economic role by … the new-born institution. To study this transmission mechanism from family culture (or organization) to economic … institutions, we concentrate on the impact of the family structure on the design of the most widely spread welfare state program in …
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This paper studies the transmission mechanism from family culture to economic institutions, by analyzing the impact of …
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This paper is about public sector pensions, an issue that has become increasingly contentious in a number of countries in recent years, including in the United Kingdom. In the UK the public debate has focussed on the perceived generosity of these pensions, which, it is often claimed, contrasts...
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For all its rapid economic and military growth, China may have a crucial weakness in its grossly underfunded retirement system for the largest national population on earth. Currently, the implicit pension debt in China is around $1.5 trillion, a liability that primarily rests on the country's 31...
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China launched a new rural pension scheme (hereafter NRPS) for rural residents in 2009, now covering almost all counties with over 400 million people enrolled. This implementation of the largest social pension program in the world offers a unique setting for studying the economics of...
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