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traditional measures, based on subgroups income means, to the approach related to inequality decomposition, and showing how … inequality measure. A three-terms decomposition of the Gini index is applied, thus allowing to take into account also the role of … overlapping component represents a key issue in gender gap analysis. An analysis of the income distribution of the Italian …
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The paper takes the Leibnitz Integral Rule (LIR) under variable integration limits and demonstrates how it can be applied to a business firm's dynamic problem of determining its optimum level of investment activity, when the longevity (life span) of the investment is itself a variable determined...
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This paper analyzes the life-cycle career costs associated with child rearing and decomposes their effects into unearned wages (as women drop out of the labor market), loss of human capital, and selection into more child-friendly occupations. We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of fertility,...
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idiosyncratic labor income risk. Ceteris paribus, an individual would prefer to marry a hedge (i.e. a spouse whose income is … to agents income is early, then those who in fact married hedges (and for good reason) are the ones most likely to be … resolution of uncertainty to agents income is predominantly later, then those who in fact marry hedges will in fact be less …
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This paper studies the impact of permanent and transitory shocks to income on parental investments in children. We use … panel data on family income, and an index of investments in children in time and goods, from the Children of the National … partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is …
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This paper studies the impact of permanent and transitory shocks to income on parental investments in children. We use … panel data on family income, and an index of investments in children in time and goods, from the Children of the National … partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023770
idiosyncratic labor income risk. Ceteris paribus, an individual would prefer to marry a "hedge" (i.e., a spouse whose income is … to agents' income is early, then those who in fact married hedges (and for good reason) are the ones most likely to be … resolution of uncertainty to agents' income is predominantly later, then those who in fact marry hedges will in fact be less …
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and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …
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and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
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Broad differences in life expectancy are observed across countries and socio-demographic groups. This paper reviews the evidence for Italy on the level and development of these inequalities and discusses the strength and possible determinants of the relationship between life expectancy and education
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