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Must Try Harder. Evaluating the Role of Effort in Educational Attainment

De Fraja, Gianni; Oliveira, Tania; Zanchi, Luisa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper is based on the idea that the effort exerted by children, parents and schools affects the outcome of the … estimation of the education production function. Our results support this, and indicate which factors affect examination results …

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Daycare Subsidies and Labor Supply in Sweden

Gustafsson, Siv; Stafford, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes the effects of the price and availability of subsidized child care on labor force participation, using data from a Swedish household survey for 1984 in combination with data on...

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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine

Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of...

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The Value of Children and Immigrants in a Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: A Proposal For a Partial Transition to a Funded System

Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

It is shown that the net fiscal externality created by an additional member of a pay-as-you-go-pension system that is endowed with individual accounts equals the gross contributions of this member. In Germany, this equals about 175,000 Deutsche marks. The paper uses this information to design a...

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Purchased Child Care, Optimal Family Size and Mother's Employment

Ermisch, John F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

and purchased child care (e.g. childminders, nannies) for the care and rearing of children. The theoretical model implies …

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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …

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The Evolution of Modern Educational Systems: Technical Vs. General Education, Distributional Conflict and Growth

Bertocchi, Graziella; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We study the evolution of an educational system which is founded on a hierarchical differentiation between technical and general education, with a superior social status attached to general. The resulting dynamic political equilibrium is best summarized by the ratio of vocational to general...

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Workers, Machines and Economic Growth

Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper models technology adoption as replacing workers by machines, which perform the same job in the production process. The paper shows that such modelling of technology adoption affects significantly the analysis of economic growth. This model can explain large and persistent...

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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the course...

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The Distributional Consequences of Russia's Transition

Doyle, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

This paper considers the distributional consequences of the reform programme in Russia. Although a small fraction of the population have gained under the reforms, average real household per capita income has declined significantly with households at the lower end of the income distribution...

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