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Life expectancy, schooling, and lifetime labor supply : theory and evidence revisited

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and lifetime labor supply. The results of a simple prototype Ben-Porath model with age-specific survival rates show that an increase in lifetime labor supply is not a necessary, nor a...

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Non-unitary models of household behavior : a survey of the literature

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Donni, Olivier - 2009

This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose explicitly that households … household behavior in these models are subject to constraints that differ from the traditional Slutsky conditions. In addition …, in a certain number of specific cases, the preferences of the different household members can be identified from …

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Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia

Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir; Kröger, Antje; … - 2012

. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household-level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan …

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Household labor economics

Chiappori, Pierre-André (ed.); Meghir, Costas (ed.) - 2021

. Pierre-André Chiappori (1988), 'Rational Household Labor Supply', Econometrica, 56 (1), January, 63-90 66 -- 6. Patricia F …. Apps and Ray Rees (1988), 'Taxation and the Household', Journal of Public Economics, 35 (3), April, 355-69 94 -- 7. Pierre …, Divorce Legislation, and Household Labor Supply', Journal of Political Economy, 110 (1), February, 37-72 171 -- 10. Richard …

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Household labor economics

Chiappori, Pierre-André (ed.); Meghir, Costas (ed.) - 2021

related to intra-household commitment, and on policy implications." …

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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution : a review of the literature

Stichnoth, Holger; Van der Straeten, Karine - 2009

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...

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The cliometrics of international migration : a survey

Hatton, Timothy J. - 2010

This is a survey of some of the key studies in the literature on international migration in history that may be described as cliometric. This literature uses the concepts and approaches of applied economics to investigate a range of historical issues and there are strong parallels with the...

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Immigrants in risky occupations

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2012

This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a more detailed discussion of the empirical evidence on the subject, which reaches several...

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The economics of circular migration

Constant, Amelie; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012

Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor flows. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of circular movements for all parties. It studies the characteristics of circular movers worldwide and...

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Human smuggling

Friebel, Guido; Guriev, Sergej - 2012

Despite its importance in global illegal migration, there is little, and mostly theoretical research on human smuggling. We suggest an analytical framework to understand the micro structure of the human smuggling market. Migrants interact with smuggling and financing intermediaries; these may or...

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