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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some?

Millimet, Daniel L. - 2009

Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence …

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Risk attitude and nonmarital birth

Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2016

Using data of adult women from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that risk tolerance is associated with a higher probability of an out-of-partnership birth. In contrast, we find no association between risk tolerance and the probability of a cohabiting birth.

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Does the stork deliver happiness? Parenthood and life satisfaction

Baetschmann, Gregori; Staub, Kevin E.; Studer, Raphael - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012

become mothers and of women eventually attaining a completed fertility of zero. We document that these groups' satisfaction …

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Girls not brides : evolution of child marriage in Pakistan

Javed, Muhammad Rashid; Mughal, Mazhar - 2020

Child marriage is still widespread in countries across the Indian Subcontinent. The practice has important consequences for the health and well-being of the woman and the child. In this study, we examine the incidence of child marriage in Pakistan and the changes that have taken place over time...

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The relation between maternal work hours and cognitive outcomes of young school-aged children

Fouarge D.; Künn-Nelen A.C.; de, Grip A. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example … children enter school. We find no negative relation between maternal working hours and child outcomes as is often found for pre …

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The relation between maternal work hours and cognitive outcomes of young school-aged children

de, Grip A.; Fouarge D.; Künn-Nelen A.C. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013

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Evolutionary stability of social norms in a socio-economic equilibrium model

Grüner, Hans Peter - 1994

A hybrid of a model of economic equilibrium in two markets and a social game is formed. The link between the two is established through a social norm which conditions correct social behavior on economic variables and therefore distorts the economic equilibrium allocation. The initial endowment...

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Evolutionary stability of social norms in a socio-economic equilibrium model

Grüner, Hans Peter - 1994

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What Does Economics Have to Say about Afghanistan's Future? : Western Economic Naiveté and the Afghanistan Mess

Dew, James Kurt - 2013

Using three market examples: opium, grapes, and timber; this paper illustrates mismanagement of Afghan economic affairs. These examples show an adverse effect of Western influence since the 9/11 invasion. Economic policy in Afghanistan is based on the history of capitalism, not the principles of...

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Evolutionary stability of social norms in a socio-economic equilibrium model

Grüner, Hans Peter - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 1994

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