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Human Capital and Growth

Barro, Robert J. - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 12-17

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The Economics of Child Labor: Reply

Van, Pham Hoang; Basu, Kaushik - In: American Economic Review 89 (1999) 5, pp. 1386-1388

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Sibling Rivalry in Africa

Morduch, Jonathan - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 2, pp. 405-409

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Signals of Child Achievement as Determinants of Child Support

Aughinbaugh, Alison - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 140-144

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Is There a Motherhood Wage Penalty in the Finnish Private Sector?

Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007

Using data from the Finnish private sector, this paper shows that giving birth to a child has negative effects on the mothers wage. Analysis of the reasons for the wage penalty associated with motherhood suggests that the loss of human capital during the child-related career break is an...

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The Excess Demand for Subsidized Child Care in Germany

Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The extension of subsidized child care is currently on top of the political agenda in Germany. In this paper the excess demand for subsidized child care slots is estimated using a partial observability model in the style of Abowd and Farber (1982). The results show that more than 50 percent of...

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How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?

Plug, Erik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

The problem with most intergenerational mobility estimates is that unmeasured and inherited abilities prevent us from drawing inferences. In this paper we estimate the intergenerational mobility of schooling and exploit differences between adopted and own birth children to obtain genetically...

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Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development

Johnston, David W.; Shah, Manisha; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We test if there is a differential in early child development by handedness, using a comprehensive range of measures covering, learning, social, cognitive and language skills, evaluated by both interviewer conducted tests and teacher assessments. We find robust evidence that left-handed children...

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International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We provide a rigorous test of the diffusion of fertility norms using …

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The Liberalisation of Maternity Leave Policy and the Return to the Work of Childbirth in Germany

Ondrich, Jan; Spiess, Katharina C.; Yang, Qing; Wagner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

German federal law has increased the potential duration of maternity leave five times since 1985. A theoretical model is presented that demonstates that the return to work hazard rate declines a potential increases and the cumulative return probability a potential duration cannot decline unless...

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