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This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and … which accommodates the possible presence of economies or diseconomies of scale from marriage. We show that a scenario of … higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of …
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The economics literature generally finds a positive, but small, gain in income to native‐born populations from immigrants and potentially large gains in world incomes. But immigrants can also impact a recipient nation’s institutions. A growing empirical literature supports the importance of...
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. Moreover, any idea, proposal, research, apology, or theory that can help people understand the ground of these inter …
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In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy. This title takes Ireland as a paradigmatic case of social transformation, exploring the reasons for which emigration was replaced by immigration, along with the social,...
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-country' populations. What factors contribute to such variation? What policies and programmes facilitate 'better' economic integration … pays particular attention to involuntary migrants who fled conflict in their home regions beginning in the 1970s. The paper … builds in particular on the literature on segmented assimilation theory, exploring new linkages with work on horizontal …
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assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical … also discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific statistical techniques that have … been applied in empirical analyses of the effects of marriage, including standard regression, instrumental variables …
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succession problem must exist. We submit that marriage can transfuse outside talent and reinvigorate family firms. This implies … that changes to the institution of marriage – notably, a decline in arranged marriages in favor of marriages for “love … across countries with plausible proxies for arranged marriage norms. Interestingly, family firm dominance interacted with …
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We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our … theory. Primary earners in couples are more strongly self-selected with respect to their income than singles, a novel result …
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We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our … the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way. We test our theory using register data on full population in … Denmark from 1982 to 2010. The empirical results for dual earner couples are in line with the theory.The elasticity of the …
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