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child labour variables are compared. We conclude that children and adults are perfect labour substitutes and that the … marginal productivity of children is roughly one-third to one-half that of male adults. The average contribution of each …
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child labour variables are compared. We conclude that children and adults are perfect labour substitutes and that the … marginal productivity of children is roughly one-third to one-half that of male adults. The average contribution of each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556106
child labour variables are compared. We conclude that children and adults are perfect labour substitutes and that the … marginal productivity of children is roughly one-third to one-half that of male adults. The average contribution of each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407639
level heterogeneity. Unlike most previous studies, the influence of parental health on children is examined. In addition … specifications. Even though most prices are not significant, the prices of food items that are mostly consumed by children are … significantly and negatively related to child health. Birth order has a significant impact on the health of children; older children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146238
also important. Pre-marriage wealth, particularly for the female spouse, positively affects allocations to children. Length … of marriage and the existence of a written marriage contract increase relative expenditures on children. Both measures … children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for …
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more to the family (for example, Sen 1990).  Information on initial endowments of spouses improves contribution rates …
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preparation, their siblings probably compete with their children more than that of the husband’s. Years of marriage, probably … level heterogeneity. Unlike most previous studies, the influence of parental health on children is examined. In addition … the health literature, no significant correlation between children’s health and per capita expenditures is found. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062453
also important. Pre-marriage wealth, particularly for the female spouse, positively affects allocations to children. Length … of marriage and the existence of a written marriage contract increase relative expenditures on children. Both measures … children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118701
This paper examines the combined effects of changes in prices, income and demographic composition on adult and young, male and female members of households. The recently developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used since a demand system provides a unified framework for...
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-in-differences comparison across siblings.  We find that by adulthood, affected children who were under the age of 36 months at the peak of the …
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