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Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and Its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective

Marjit, Sugata; Das, Gouranga Gopal - 2022

We propose a model of "trade" between high income and low-income groups where the rich being scared of the spread of infection hires the poor to engage them in exposure-intensive outdoor activities as workers in the household industry. People who endure hardships and sustain exposure to...

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Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective

Marjit, Sugata; Das, Gouranga - 2022

We propose a model of “trade” between high income and low-income groups where the rich being scared of the spread of infection hires the poor to engage them in exposure-intensive outdoor activities as workers in the household industry. People who endure hardships and sustain exposure to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305658

Optimal Taxation of Robots

Thuemmel, Uwe - 2018

I study the optimal taxation of robots and labor income. In the model, robots substitute for routine labor and complement non-routine labor. I show that while it is optimal to distort robot adoption, robots may be either taxed or subsidized. The robot tax exploits general-equilibrium effects to...

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A Strictly Economic Explanation of Gender Roles: The Lasting Legacy of the Plough

Cigno, Alessandro - 2020

after they emigrate to a modern industrial economy where individual productivity depends on education rather than physical …

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Long-Run Returns to Field Study in Secondary School

Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof; Stenberg, Anders - 2020

magnitudes are often as large as estimates of the return to two years of additional education. Third, the pattern of returns for …

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Occupational Match Quality and Gender Over Two Cohorts

Addison, John T. - 2019

Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....

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Health Dynamics Shape Life-Cycle Incomes

Kotschy, Rainer Franz - 2019

This paper empirically investigates the long-run effects of major health improvements on income growth in the United States. To isolate exogenous changes in health, the econometric model uses quasi-experimental variation in cardiovascular disease mortality across states over time. The results...

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Skills or Degree? The Rise of Skill-Based Hiring for AI and Green Jobs

Ehlinger, Eugenia Gonzalez; Stephany, Fabian - 2023

university education for AI roles declined by 23%, while AI roles advertise five times as many skills as job postings on average …, vocational education and training, micro-certificates, and online bootcamps to use human capital to its full potential and to …

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Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap

Dorn, David; Schoner, Florian; Seebacher, Moritz; … - 2025

skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … differences account for more earnings variation than detailed measures of education and experience. Third, we document a sizable …

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A theoretical analysis of the effects of legislation on marriage, fertility, domestic division of labour, and the education of children

Cigno, Alessandro - 2007

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts …, and (iv) length and effective enforcement of compulsory education. The predictions are consistent with two empirical …

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