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The new population problem : why families in developed countries are shrinking and what it means

Booth, Alan (ed.); Crouter, Ann C. (contributor) - 2005

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The lost generation in Europe? : the economic crisis and starting a family ; conference paper

Schaffner, Sandra - 2014 - Preliminary results

fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … likely to marry when they are unemployed during recession. Although we find effects on marriage we cannot observe any effects …

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Economics of the family : marriage, children, and human capital ; a conference report of the National Bureau of Economic Research

Schultz, Theodore William (contributor); … - 1974

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Education and postponement of maternity : economic analyses for industrialized countries

Gustafsson, Siv S. (contributor); … - 2006

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Old money, the nouveau riche and Brunhilde's marriage dilemma : conference paper

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014

This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...

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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality? : conference paper

Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2014 - November 11, 2013

We show that parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism that are important noncognitive skills, as well as crystallized, fluid, and...

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Like brother, like sister? : the importance of family background for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; conference paper

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2013

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. The study is based on a large representative German dataset, which includes IQ test scores and measures of personality (locus of control,...

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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk ; conference paper

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013

This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...

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Experimental evidence on bargaining power within couples : conference paper

Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2014

We conducted an experiment on the nature of income sharing within 95 established couples in Germany. In a first step, the partners revealed their individual preferences by making consumption choices independently. In a second step, decisions were taken jointly over five different rounds with...

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Mediation : boon or bane for the stability and efficiency of marriage? : conference paper

Rundshagen, Bianca - 2013

Using non-cooperative game theory the effects of mediation on the divorce rate and on the utility of the spouses are … analysed. Two kinds of mediation are considered: restricted mediation that reduces the costs of divorce and extended mediation … that additionally may prevent divorces by demonstrating the potential for Pareto-improvements within marriage to the …

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