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Intra-family transfers in Japan : intergenerational co-residence, distance, and contact
Yamada, Ken (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Classified broadly, two motives for intra-family transfers exist: altruism and selfishness. This paper examines two selfish hypotheses − the exchange motive (strategic bequest motive)and the demonstration effect − using a new Japanese micro data set. My analysis of the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745618
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Intra-Family Transfers in Japan : Intergenerational Co-Residence, Distance, and Contact
Yamada, Ken - 2003
Classified broadly, two motives for intra-family transfers exist: altruism and selfishness. This paper examines two selfish hypotheses - the exchange motive (strategic bequest motive) and them demonstration effect - using a new Japanese micro data set. My analysis of the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014087300
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Does Intermarriage Pay Off? A Panel Data Analysis
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010
Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600956
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2002
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262373
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Couple's relative labor supply in intermarriage
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2011
In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects tobit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278488
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Does intermarriage pay off? A panel data analysis
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010
Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285764
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Does intermarriage pay off? : a panel data analysis
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010
Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826431
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Relative labor supply in intermarriage
Nottmeyer, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-27
Spouse's relative labor supply and the degree of specialization in intermarriage might differ from that in immigrant and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages resulting from positive assortative mating by education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361325
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Declining migration within the US : the role of the labor market
Molloy, Raven S.; Smith, Christopher L.; Wozniak, Abigail K. - 2014
Interstate migration has decreased steadily since the 1980s. We show that this trend is not primarily related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350348
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The long-run determinants of fertility: One century of demographic change 1900 - 1999
Herzer, Dierk; Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2010
We examine the long-run relationship between fertility, mortality, and income using panel cointegration techniques and … the available data for the last century. Our main result is that mortality changes and growth of income per capita account … for a major part of the fertility change characterizing the demographic transition. The change of mortality alone, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289008