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Mortality Risks, Education and Child Labour

Baland, Jean-Marie; Estevan, Fernanda - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In this paper, we investigate the role of young adult mortality on child labour and educational decisions. We argue that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the absence of appropriate insurance mechanisms, the level of...

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Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: The Case of Divorced Parents

Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Van Der Klaauw, Wilbert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper formulates a model to examine the effects of changes in tax-benefit policy on the behavior of divorced parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support payment to transfer to custodians. These, in turn, decide...

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Land Reforms and Economic Development

Gersbach, Hans; Siemers, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

inequality among the poor is unavoidable. Finally, a successful land reform allows for the transition of a society from an …

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Returns to Human Capital Under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy

Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market … economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it is a leading transition economy in which the communist grid remained … firms during the transition. Our estimates also indicate that men's wage-experience profile was concave in both regimes and …

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Human Capital and the Future of Transition Economies

Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giving them high … economics from transition economics. …

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Gender Discrimination: The Role of Males and Per Capita Income

Rahim, Fazeer; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper models gender discrimination in the labor market as originating from bargaining between husbands and wives within the family. The husband-wife household bargains over resource distribution, with each spouse's bargaining power determined by his/her market income. Men are reluctant to...

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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...

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Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors?

Booth, Alison L; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

According to surprising raw data from the British Household Panel Survey, full-time women are more likely than men to be promoted. Controlling for observed and unobserved individual heterogeneity, we find that women are promoted at roughly the same rate as men, but receive smaller wage increases...

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Gender and Competition: Evidence from Academic Promotions in France

Bosquet, Clément; Combes, Pierre-Philippe; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Differences in promotion across genders are still prevalent in many occupations. Recent work based on experimental evidence indicates that women participate less in or exert lower effort during contests. We exploit the unique features of the promotion system for French academics to look at...

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Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy

Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...

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