Search Results - subject:"Children"

Konzeptionelle Grundfragen eines Kinderleistungsausgleichs im Rahmen einer umlagefinanzierten zwangsweisen Rentenversicherung

Bauer, Eckart - 2018

Die Arbeit untersucht die Bedeutung von Kindern für eine umlagefinanzierte Rentenversicherung. Nach einer Thematisierung grundsätzlicher Fragestellungen wird für verschiedene "Idealtypen" von Umlageverfahren der jeweilige "materielle" Wert von Kindern verdeutlicht. Anschließend erfolgt eine...

Nachhaltigkeit in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung : was leistet die kinderzahlabhängige Rente?

Pfaffenbach, Stefan - 2018

Die kinderzahlabhängige Rente bleibt ein Dauerbrenner in der politischen und der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion über künftige Rentenreformen, sei es als "Kinderrente" oder "Elternrente", als Differenzierung des Beitragssatzes oder der Rentenhöhe. Die Diskussionen um die...

Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh

El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate,...

Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014

annually, while more than 3 million cases of stunting among children under five will be averted. As it is unlikely that the …

Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Government of the Republic of Niger has implemented the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), which describes the country's macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction. This strategy is based on the conviction that poverty can be reduced through...

Children's health, human capital accumulation, and R&D-based economic growth

Baldanzi, Annarita; Bucci, Alberto; Prettner, Klaus - 2017

We analyze the effects of children's health on human capital accumulation and on long-run economic growth. For this … want to have better educated children, they also raise health investments and vice versa; ii) parental health investments …

Income effects on children’s life satisfaction : longitudinal evidence for England

Knies, Gundi - 2017

Using longitudinal data for children aged 10-15 years living in England in 2009-2014 we test the hypothesis that income … matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their … family has. Income effects are larger the less income the family has and statistically significant for children from the age …

The impact of parental health on children's schooling and labour force participation : evidence from Vietnam

Mendolia, Silvia; Nguyen, Thi; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2017

This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child … maternal illness substantially decreases chances of being enrolled in school for children between 10 and 23 years old and, at …

"Leaving no child behind" : preferences for social inclusion and altruism

Menon, Martina; Perali, Federico; Veronesi, Marcella - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 17 (2017) 3, pp. 1-19

The gender gap in early career wage growth : the role of children, job mobility and occupational mobility

Reshid, Abdulaziz Abrar - 2017

During the first 10 years in the Swedish labor market, male university graduates experience a faster wage growth than their female counterparts. This paper investigates the role of job mobility and upward occupational mobility in explaining the gender gap in early career wage growth. The...