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Equilibrium allele distribution in trading populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2006

This paper derives the conditions under which fitness-reducing alleles can survive in a long-run stationary equilibrium for a trading population, extending the results in Saint-Paul (2002) for arbitrary systems of sexual reproduction.

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Equilibrium Allele Distribution in Trading Populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper derives the conditions under which fitness-reducing alleles can survive in a longrun stationary equilibrium for a trading population, extending the results in Saint-Paul (2002) for arbitrary systems of sexual reproduction.

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Equilibrium allele distribution in trading populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2006

. -- trade ; genotypes ; natural selection ; gene-culture coevolution …

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Equilibrium Allele Distribution in Trading Populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2006

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Taxation and Domestic Free Trade

Johnsson, Richard - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

In this paper it is argued that the domestic division of labor and trade is organized according to the same principle … as the international division of labor and trade – the Ricardian comparative advantages. After all, the ultimate source … trade, thus creating a Darwinist society of the survival of the fittest. The least productive individuals and those who face …

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The First Born Burden

Tsukada, Raquel - 2011

Being the first born of a family entails inherent responsibilities. Sociologists, psychologists and economists have long argued that the first born's receive differentiated treatment within the household. This paper tests and quantifies the existence of a disproportionate workload over the...

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Student mobility - Recruitment to studies and supply of post-graduates in a geographical perspective

Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2013

One important incentive for a regional, decentralised university- and college structure is that higher education institutions should supply the local labour markets with sufficient high-educated labour. Local and regional recruitment to studies is expected to increase the probability that...

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Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes

Bratti, Massimiliano - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

The rise in the average age of women bearing their first child is a well-established demographic trend in recent decades. Postponed childbearing can have important consequences for the mother and, at a macro level, for the country as a whole. Research has focused on the effect postponing...

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Education and Labor Market Activity of Women: An Age-Group Specific Empirical Analysis

Münch, Claudia; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2009

We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...

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Fat spouses and hours of work: Are body and Pareto weights correlated?

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...

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