Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 20,608
Cover Image
The evolution of secularization : cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
generation to the next one via two venues: (i) direct socialization – across generations, by parents; and (ii) oblique … socialization – within generations, by the community and cultural environment. This paper focuses on the transmission of religious …/findings are that (i) direct religious socialization efforts of one generation have a negative effect on secularization within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003970726
Cover Image
Analyzing religiosity within an economic framework : the case of Spanish catholics
Brañas-Garza, Pablo (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784384
Cover Image
Der "heimliche Lehrplan" der Geldsozialisation : Bestandsaufnahme und Ansatzpunkte für die Forschung
Reisch, Lucia A. - 1998 - 2. erg. Aufl.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013416402
Cover Image
Digital and sustainable trade facilitation implementation in the UNECE region : UNECE regional report 2019
Vereinte Nationen - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139936
Cover Image
The determinants of university participation in Canada (1977 - 2003)
Christofidēs, Loizos N. (contributor);  … - 2008
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of prospective students. Family circumstances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771881
Cover Image
Choice of fields of study of Canadian university graduates : the role of gender and their parents' education
Boudarbat, Brahim (contributor);  … - 2007
"This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using data from the Canadian National Graduate Survey. The sample of 18,708 graduates holding a Bachelor degree is interesting in itself knowing that these students completed their study and thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429629
Cover Image
Intergenerational earnings mobility and the inheritance of employers
Corak, Miles; Piraino, Patrizio - 2010
Our analysis of intergenerational earnings mobility modifies the Becker-Tomes model to incorporate the intergenerational transmission of employers, which is predicted to increase the intergenerational elasticity of earnings. About 6% of young Canadian men have the same main employer as their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952855
Cover Image
Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley A. - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds … strong in determining outcomes. -- Intergenerational mobility ; children ; Canada ; United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942286
Cover Image
The intergenerational transmission of employers
Corak, Miles; Piraino, Patrizio - 2010
We find that about 40% of a cohort of young Canadian men has been employed with an employer for whom their father also worked; and six to nine percent have the same employer in adulthood. The intergenerational transmission of employers is positively related to paternal earnings, particularly at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942314
Cover Image
Intergenerational influences on the receipt of unemployment insurance in Canada and Sweden
Corak, Miles; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2000
Canadian and Swedish men. It is found that parental use of UI shortens the time to a first UI claim in Canada, but not in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336859