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The Economics of Dowry Payments in Pakistan
Anderson, K.S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...
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Comment les femmes concilient-elles mariage et travail à Dakar et à Lomé ?
Adjamagbo, Agnès; Antoine, Philippe; Béguy, Donatien; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
tending to be observed more and more frequently outside the formal framework of marriage. In both cases, the fact that women … are increasingly called on to find extra income has implications on their family lives. …
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The Economics of Roscas and Intra-Household Resource Allocation
Anderson, K.S.; Baland, J-M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas).Detailed evidence from roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) suggests that most roscas are predominantly composed of women, particularly those living in a couple and earning an independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092446
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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Work incentives and household insurance: Sequential contracting with altruistic individuals and moral hazard
Aubert, Cécile - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
Two agents sequentially contracts with different principals under moral hazard. If agents care for one another, the second principal gains by insuring them over first wages. Even with independent tasks, the first principal must offer riskier payments to induce effort.
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A Logic of Multi-Level Change of Routines
Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
This paper tries to account for endogenous change of multi-level routines in terms of nested cycles of discovery, in a hierarchy of scripts.Higher-level scripts constitute the selection environment for lower level ones.On any level, a cycle of discovery proceeds from established dominant...
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Confiage et scolarisation des enfants en milieu rural à Madagascar
Rakoto-Tiana, Nelly - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Much empirical research found that fostered children are less likely than others to attend school, which suggests that …. Indeed, biological parents may decide to send their children to another household to be educated, but host household may have … enrollment of young children if they are blood-related to the head of the fostering-in household but has a negative impact if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071853
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Opportunity Costs of Having a Child, Financial Constraints and Fertility
Cette, Gilbert; Dromel, Nicolas; Méda, Dominique - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
of their working schedule on the number of children they intend to have. The statistical analysis, based on a “ceteris …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072496
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Conciliation entre vies professionnelle et familiale et renoncements à l'enfant
Dromel, Nicolas; Cette, Gilbert; Méda, Dominique - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
because of working-life organisation, or feel children as a brake for career would be young people, women, without children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072958
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Did the US Infertility Health Insurance Mandates Affect the Timing of First Birth?
Ohinata, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although the majority of the past literature has studied impacts on older women who are likely to seek treatment, this paper proposes that the mandates may have had a wider impact on the...
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