on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is … constant for men and women at different points on the conditional earnings distribution by using robust and quantile regression … techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with …

that may contribute to women's objective (income, span of control, promotions) and subjective (self-reported satisfaction … education was significantly related to income for all women. For women in management positions, their degree of supervisory …Women are a significant presence in today's workforce; however, few rise to the top management ranks. Therefore, there …

household consumption decision. Those factors include the household's income, demographic characteristics, age structure, cohort … 2000 U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) to look at how income, demographic variables, and age structure affect the …

real terms. Ninety five per cent of the income of medical schemes was derived from membership fees. The average real growth … rate of income was 8.4 per cent, while net assets increased by only 3 per cent. An average deficit of R11.02 million …

the central concerns of conservationists. Many conservationists have recently begun to see income growth as a possible … necessity in the region, implying that increases in income would lead to less than proportional increases in consumption and … suggesting that income growth alone is not a viable conservation strategy. Other food sources in addition to economic activities …

. Overall, the findings indicate that money affects marital quality. Specifically, low income was associated behavioral … negativity over the entire course of the fourteen year study. Low-income couples who were content with their financial situations … were more satisfied than low-income couples that were unhappy about their financial situation. The effects of money on …

First chapter aims to quantify the role of trade in capital goods incross country income differences. I construct a …

of this income-temperature relationship. Following ideas by Acemoglu et al. (Am Econ Rev 91(5):1369-1401, 2001), we use … countries' average temperatures. The remaining income-temperature gradient, after colonial mortality is accounted for, is most …

focus more on measures to foster TFP growth than on specific price or quantity instruments to enhance income growth. …