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Intrahousehold Specialization in Housework in the United States and Denmark
Bonke, Jens; Deding, Mette; Lausten, Mette; Stratton, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
specialization. We hypothesize that the degree of specialization is influenced by economic notions of efficiency, as well as by time … constraints and egalitarian values. Methods: Employing time use data on US and Danish couples, we model specialization using a … multivariate two-limit Tobit. Results: We analyze the comparability of reported time use and our specialization index using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566681
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International specialization and the return to capital
Batista, Cátia; Potin, Jacques - 2010
How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a … structural change in the form of intra-industry specialization. Our findings are consistent with Ventura's hypothesis that growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271800
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Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - 2013
Recent research has documented a U-shaped industrial concentration curve over an economy's development path. How far can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher-Ohlin model using industry data on 44 developed and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329172
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Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Recent research has documented a U-shaped industrial concentration curve over an economy's development path. How far can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher-Ohlin model using industry data on 44 developed and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959660
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International Specialization and the Return to Capital
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a … structural change in the form of intra-industry specialization. Our findings are consistent with Ventura's hypothesis that growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466025
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Women's liberation: what's in it for men?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - 2008
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268737
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Women’s Liberation: What’s in It for Men?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men’s incentives for sharing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763642
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Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2022
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally competitive? And what would accomplishing this mean for world development? Based on the micro data of international and regional achievement tests, we map achievement onto a common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470411
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Employment Protection Legislation and Job Reallocation across Sectors, Firms and Workers: A Survey
Cahuc, Pierre; Palladino, Marco G. - 2024
This paper provides a review of the existing literature on the effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on job allocation across industries, firms, and workers, and its implications for innovation and economic growth. We analyze empirical studies to assess how EPL influences resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534002
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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance
Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010
Current empirical growth models limit the determinants of country growth to geographic, economic, and institutional variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do different types of conflict affect country growth...
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