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This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labour supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
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This paper examines the equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college … participation. We build an overlapping generations life cycle model with education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions …. Cognitive and non-cognitive skills of children depend on the cognitive skills and education of parents, and affect education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028672
This paper examines the equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college … participation. We build an overlapping generations life-cycle, heterogeneous-agent, incomplete-markets model with education, labor … education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and removing it would reduce GDP by 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447151
This paper examines the equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college … participation. We build an overlapping generations life cycle model with education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions …. Cognitive and non-cognitive skills of children depend on the cognitive skills and education of parents, and affect education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880035
stochastic general equilibrium model of a closed economy with a competitive firm sector and a government that levies taxes and … administers educational loans. Individuals are heterogeneous in their talent for education and ability to learn on the job and …
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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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This paper first documents the increase in the time lag with which labor input reacts to output fluctuations (the labor adjustment lag) that is visible in US data since the mid-1980s. We show that a lagged labor adjustment response is optimal in a setting where there is uncertainty about the...
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This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604671
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277105
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464502