F Docquier,H Rapoport
F Docquier
"In this paper we focus on the possibility of migrants' self-selection through strategic remittances. We argue that migrants of a specific community might be pooled with migrants from other ethnic minorities on the labor market of the forei...
Household commodity demand and demographics in the Netherlands: a microeconometric analysis [0.03%]
荷兰的家庭商品需求与人口统计学：微观计量经济学分析
A Kalwij,R Alessie,P Fontein
A Kalwij
"We investigate the effects of demographics, household expenditure and female employment on the allocation of household expenditure to consumer goods. For this purpose we estimate an Almost Ideal Demand System based on Dutch micro data. We ...
G Steinmann,A Prskawetz,G Feichtinger
G Steinmann
"We propose a model to capture the escape from the Malthusian trap in the longrun. Our aim is to emphasize the key role of endogenous technological progress--as initiated by population growth and education--for longrun economic development....
K Blackburn,G P Cipriani
K Blackburn
This paper presents a model that illustrates the joint determination of population and development. "Economic and demographic outcomes are determined jointly in a choice-theoretic model of fertility, mortality and capital accumulation.... I...
Sibling rivalry and the gender gap: evidence from child health outcomes in Ghana [0.03%]
兄弟竞争与性别差距：来自加纳儿童健康结果的证据
A Garg,J Morduch
A Garg
"When capital and labor markets are imperfect, choice sets narrow, and parents must choose how to ration available funds and time between their children. One consequence is that children become rivals for household resources. In economies w...
A Deolalikar,E Rose
A Deolalikar
"In this study we use data from rural India to examine the impact of the birth of a boy relative to the birth of a girl (i.e., the ¿gender shock') on the savings, consumption and income of rural Indian households. We find that the gender s...
A note on intergenerational risk sharing and the design of pay-as-you-go pension programs [0.03%]
论代际风险分担与现收现付制养老计划的设计
O Thogersen
O Thogersen
"Different versions of pay-as-you-go public pension programs may have entirely different effects on the intergenerational distribution of income risk. If the pension benefit is a fixed proportion of previous labor income, a pay-as-you-go pr...
F Van Dijk
F Van Dijk
"The issue is addressed whether assistance to persons in need can be left to the ¿family' and the ¿community'. In that case people depend on their social networks. The support a person receives through a given network of social ties is ex...