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Old money, the nouveau riche and Brunhilde's marriage dilemma : conference paper

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014

This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...

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The lost generation in Europe? : the economic crisis and starting a family ; conference paper

Schaffner, Sandra - 2014 - Preliminary results

fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … likely to marry when they are unemployed during recession. Although we find effects on marriage we cannot observe any effects …

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies : conference paper

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2013

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...

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Inequality and the marriage gap : conference paper

Siassi, Nawid - 2014

Marriage is one of the most important determinants of economic prosperity, yet most existing theories of inequality … large marriage gap: married people earn on average 27 percent more income, and they hold 34 percent more net worth. To … bequests are key to explaining the marriage gap in earnings and wealth. A policy experiment of moving from joint tax filing for …

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Money, regulation and growth : financing new growth in Europe : a joint publication with the BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money & Regulation

Quintyn, Marc (ed., introduction); … - Colloquium/Conference "Money, Regulation and Growth: …; … - 2014

On June 4-5, 2014, SUERF and Baffi Finlawmetrics jointly organised a Colloquium/Conference "Money, Regulation and Growth: Financing New Growth in Europe" at Bocconi University, Milan. The present SUERF Study includes a selection of papers based on the authors’ contributions to the Milan event....

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Inequality undermines democracy and growth

Thorvaldur Gylfason - Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar <30., … - 2019 - Final version 21 January 2019

Income equality and trust seem to go along with several other ingredients of social capital as determinants of economic growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank and by The Standardized World Income Inequality...

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Contract enforcement and R&D investment : conference paper

Seitz, Michael; Watzinger, Martin - 2013

In this article we study the relation between the quality of contract enforcement and R&D investment across countries and industries. If companies invest successfully in R&D they are open for exploitation by their supplier if supply contracts are not enforceable. This hold-up problem can reduce...

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Unemployment and domestic violence : theory and evidence ; conference paper

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2013

which (i) marriage provides insurance against employment risk through the pooling of resources, and (ii) a woman does not …

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Family decision-making on international migration : conference paper

Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014

We use a unique survey of Danes who have emigrated between 1987 and 2002 to study intra-family decision-making on international migration. Our survey reached 582 respondents with a Danish partner who was the same as before emigration. We model family decision-making in a bargaining framework and...

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Gender differences in career progression : does the effect of children capture low work effort? ; conference paper

Kunze, Astrid - 2013

This study exploits longitudinal employer-employee matched data to investigate gender differences in the probability to climb the job ladder with focus on the effect of children. We attempt to disentangle whether children directly affect promotions, or whether the effect of children is...

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