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The trade-off between fertility and education : evidence from before the demographic transition
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
The trade-off between child quantity and education is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. We present first evidence that such a trade-off indeed existed before the demographic transition, exploiting a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271961
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The Trade-off between Fertility and Education: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2009
The trade-off between child quantity and education is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. We present first evidence that such a trade-off indeed existed before the demographic transition, exploiting a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534051
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Why Children Work, Attend School, or Stay Idle: Theory and Evidence
Ranjan, Priya - Econometric Society - 2004
This paper offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of child labor, schooling, and `idleness' (neither work nor … ability. As well, children in the poorest households combine work and schooling if they are sufficiently able. Using a rich … not a ban on child labor, which may only increase the pool of idle children, in some cases by decreasing child schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063664
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The Trade-off between Fertility and Education: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The trade-off between child quantity and education is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. We present first evidence that such a trade-off indeed existed before the demographic transition, exploiting a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574577
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The impact of family size on children’s school attendance in the Philippines
Bansagan, Kezia C.; Panganiban, Hazel Joyce C. - In: Philippine Review of Economics 45 (2008) 2, pp. 205-234
Much empirical work has been done to determine the effects of family size on the education of children. Using a sample from the October 2006 Labor Force Survey, this paper attempts to determine the impact of family size on children’s education as measured by school attendance while considering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677411
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Does the pay period matter in estimating returns to schooling? Evidence from East Africa
Donath, Livini; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021
This paper investigates whether returns to schooling differ according to the choice of the measure of earnings and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012875980
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Does the pay period matter in estimating returns to schooling? : evidence from East Africa
Donath, Livini; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021
This paper investigates whether returns to schooling differ according to the choice of the measure of earnings and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589589
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Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey
Güneş, Pinar Mine; Ural Marchand, Beyza - 2018
This paper examines the effects of macroeconomic shocks on child schooling in Turkey using household labor force … composition and national industry employment growth rates. The results demonstrate that child schooling is pro-cyclical in Turkey …, we find asymmetric effects on child schooling based on skill composition of economic growth. Higher unemployment among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931651
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The analytical returns to measuring a detailed household roster
Akresh, Richard; Edmonds, Eric V. - 2010
Households are dynamic while most surveys only collect information on individuals who are present at a single point in time. We exploit a unique and thorough household membership enumeration in Burkina Faso to consider the analytical costs of the typical static household roster. We document that...
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Income diversification and working children
Vimefall, Elin - 2015
During recent years (2004-2008) the proportion of working children in sub-Saharan Africa has increased (Diallo et al. 2010). At the same time, there has been a shift in the patterns of livelihoods, whereby households rely more on sources of income from outside their own farms. When the adult in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654408