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A theoretical analysis of the effects of legislation on marriage, fertility, domestic division of labour, and the education of children

Cigno, Alessandro (contributor) - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623990

Agency in family policy : a survey

Cigno, Alessandro - 2009

Given that young children are under the control of their parents, if the government has an interest in either the … welfare or the productivity of the former, it has no option but to act through the latter. Parents are, in the ordinary sense … gives rise to some new ones. -- optimal taxation ; optimal family allowances ; hidden ability to raise children ; hidden …

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The political economy of intergenerational cooperation

Cigno, Alessandro (contributor) - 2005

The paper examines the scope for mutually beneficial intergenerational cooperation, and looks at various attempts to theoretically explain the emergence of norms and institutions that facilitate this cooperation. After establishing a normative framework, we examine the properties of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003299364

The role of trade and offshoring in the determination of relative wages and child labour

Cigno, Alessandro; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sabani, Laura - 2017

Incorporating family decisions in a two-period.model of the world economy, we predict that trade liberalization raises the skill premium and reduces child labour in developing countries where the adult labour force is sufficiently well educated to attract production activities from abroad that...

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Student loans and the allocation of graduate jobs

Cigno, Alessandro; Luporini, Annalisa - 2015

Higher education is not just a signal of innate ability. At least a certain level of educational achievement (degree level, degree mark) is strictly required to perform a graduate job. School leavers fall into two categories, the rich and the poor. Ability is distributed in the same way in both...

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