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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy : another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of … marriage markets will naturally tend to be hypergamous - that is, a marriage is more likely to be beneficial to both parties … goes up. The model sheds light on how marriage affects the returns to human capital for men and women. Absent marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901742
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy : another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003749348
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy : Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of … marriage markets will naturally tend to be hypergamous ﾖ that is, a marriage is more likely to be beneficial to both parties … goes up. The model sheds light on how marriage affects the returns to human capital for men and women. Absent marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155540
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The Economics of Hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild - 2019
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband's earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870296
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy : another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 81 (2015) 4, pp. 331-377
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440432
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy: another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of … marriage markets will naturally tend to be hypergamous - that is, a marriage is more likely to be beneficial to both parties … goes up. The model sheds light on how marriage affects the returns to human capital for men and women. Absent marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271277
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Heterogeneous agents, human capital formation and international income inequality
Munandar, Haris - 2007
The paper examines the effect of heterogeneity in individual human capital formation on cross-country income inequality. It considers a two-country model of overlapping generation heterogeneous economies with the following features: (1) individuals are heterogeneous with respect to inborn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374433
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Opportunity and inequality across generations
Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2022
We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment, applying dynamic inverse probability weighting to account for dynamic selection. We show that the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012879620
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Opportunity and inequality across generations
Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2020
We analyze inequality and mobility across generations in a dynastic economy. Nurture, in terms of bequests and the schooling investment into the next generation, is observable but the draw of nature in terms of ability is hidden, stochastic and persistent across generations. We calibrate the...
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Polygyny and its discontents : paternal age and human capital accumulation
Edlund, Lena; Lagerlöf, Nils-Petter - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752885