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The Economics of Dowry Payments in Pakistan
Anderson, K.S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091513
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The Economics of Roscas and Intra-Household Resource Allocation
Anderson, K.S.; Baland, J-M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas).Detailed evidence from roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) suggests that most roscas are predominantly composed of women, particularly those living in a couple and earning an independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092446
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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Child Care Costs and the Employment Status of Married Australian Mothers
Rammohan, Anu; Whelan, Stephen - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
Using data from the HILDA (Household Income and Labour Dynamics), this paper examines the implications of child care costs on maternal employment status by distinguishing between full-time and part-time work. Our empirical approach uses an ordered probit model taking into account the endogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032867
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Does Child Gender Affect Marital Status?
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
Pooling microdata from five Australian censuses, I explore the relationship between child gender and divorce. By … contrast with the United States, I find no evidence that the gender of the first child has a significant impact on the decision … to marry or divorce. However, among two-child families, parents with two children of the same sex are 1.7 percentage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971410
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Risk and Saving in Two-Person Households: More Scope for Precautionary Saving
Apps, Patricia; Andrienko, Yuri; Rees, Ray - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2012
The existing literature suggests that when the saving decision of two-earner households under risk is analysed, standard results on the existence of precautionary saving no longer apply: precautionary saving is obtained if and only if very stringent conditions hold. This paper shows that when...
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A Logic of Multi-Level Change of Routines
Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
This paper tries to account for endogenous change of multi-level routines in terms of nested cycles of discovery, in a hierarchy of scripts.Higher-level scripts constitute the selection environment for lower level ones.On any level, a cycle of discovery proceeds from established dominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091106
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Did the US Infertility Health Insurance Mandates Affect the Timing of First Birth?
Ohinata, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although the majority of the past literature has studied impacts on older women who are likely to seek treatment, this paper proposes that the mandates may have had a wider impact on the...
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Taking Chances: The Effect of Growing Up on Welfare on the Risky Behaviour of Young People
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ryan, Chris; Sartbayeva, Ana - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
between family welfare history and risk taking disappears, however, once we account for family structure and mothers …’ decisions regarding their own risk taking and investment in their children. Interestingly, we find no significant effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032830
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Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths’ Successful Transition to Adult Roles
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ribar, David C. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
We analyze the effect of mothers’ and youths’ reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths’ transitions …-leaving. Youths reporting conflict with parents leave school and move out earlier than their peers, while conflict between parents is … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …
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