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The Effect of Skill Level on the Timing of Childbearing and Number of Children

Alders, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 1998

This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number of children. Higher skilled women have less disutility of labor and have relatively less utility of raising children. Motherhood has a negative effect on the accumulation of human capital by learning-by-doing and...

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Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience

Aidis, Ruta; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

Existing studies show a positive relationship between entrepreneurs' business performance and their conventional human capital as measured by previous business experience and formal education. In this paper, we explore whether illegal entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of...

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Wage Dispersion in Russia

Grogan, L.A. - Tinbergen Institute - 1997

This paper examines the extent to which human capital theory can explain observed wage differentials in the Russian Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the six years since the transition began. Some studies conclude that this is an indicator that Russian...

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Human Capital Formation, Income Inequality and Growth

Viaene, Jean-Marie; Zilcha, Itzhak - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

The paper studies the determinants of income distribution and growth in an overlapping generations economy with heterogenous households. Our framework has the following main features: <OL> <LI>heterogeneity of consumers with respect to wealth and parental human capital; <LI>intergenerational transfers,...</li></li></ol>

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Limitations on De-collectivisation in Central European Agriculture

Bezemer, Dirk J. - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

Following formal privatisation of farm land and assets in Central Europe, the change in agricultural production structures has been both more limited and different than was initially expected. In this paper, the theoretical reasons underlying those expectations are reviewed. An alternative...

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Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners

Hershey, Douglas A.; Henkens, Kène; Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25-64 years of age. Analyses were designed to: (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were...

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Economic Integration and Manufacturing Location in EU Accession Countries

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Traistaru, Iulia - Tinbergen Institute - 2003

This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central and East European countries. Using regional data for the period 1990-1999, we identify and compare patterns and determinants of manufacturing location in five European Union...

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Family Background Variables as Instruments for Education in Income Regressions: A Bayesian Analysis

Hoogerheide, Lennart; Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In this paper, we use data of the 2004 German Socio-Economic Panel and Bayesian analysis in order to analyze to what degree violations of the strong validity assumption affect the...

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Friendship Relations in the School Class and Adult Economic Attainment

Galeotti, Andrea; Müller, Gerrit - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

offer empirical evidence that differential social standing in adolescence predicts large and persistent earnings disparities … in class or friends' characteristics. A moderate share of the earnings inequalities is mediated by differential post …

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …

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