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Sharada Weir 《Journal of population economics》2007,20(1):203-222
Evidence on the extent of low enrolment and late entry for a sample of rural households in Ethiopia is provided, and two potential
sources of education externality benefits for school-age children, parental and neighbourhood education, are examined. The
education of parents, most significantly mothers, is found to contribute to children's schooling, as does the education of
neighbourhood women. The mechanisms by which such externalities may operate are considered by examining the effects of cognitive
and non-cognitive outputs of schooling upon current school enrolment of children. Findings illustrate both the importance
of girls' schooling and some challenges for education policy.
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Sharada WeirEmail: |
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Kristin Dale 《Journal of population economics》2009,22(4):1025-1038
Household skills provide job skills when tasks in jobs and household production are similar and jobs produce substitutes for
home-made services. Opportunity costs of higher education are foregone earnings during schooling and foregone household production
while studying and later in life. I show that individuals in jobs requiring household skills accept lower wage rates than
traditional human capital theory predicts, and that individuals with low household skills tend to enter higher education.
According to these results, declining household skills may have contributed to the observed increasing demand for higher education
by women.
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Kristin DaleEmail: |
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We explore the labor market returns to the General Education Development (GED) exam for US natives and the foreign-born. We find that foreign-born men with a GED who received all of their formal schooling abroad earn significantly more than either foreign-schooled high school dropouts or graduates. In contrast, among US natives, GED recipients earn less than high school graduates but significantly more than dropouts. The returns for natives become larger over the life cycle and are not due to cohort effects. Our findings indicate that the GED may be more valuable in the labor market than some previous research suggests.
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David A. Jaeger (Corresponding author)Email: Fax: +1-757-2211175 |
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Martin Nordin 《Journal of population economics》2008,21(3):703-717
Using the Swedish military enlistment test, this paper estimates the return to schooling for individuals belonging to different
parts of the ability distribution. It also attempts to predict whether an endogenous test score causes bias in the “ability-specific”
returns to schooling that varies with the test score. A significant finding is that a higher score in the test is associated
with a higher return to schooling, but that the positive association is diminishing in the test score. In general, the bias
in the ability-specific returns to schooling does not seem to vary with the test score level.
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Martin NordinEmail: |
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
This paper provides an analysis of child care subsidies under welfare reform in the USA. We used data from the 1999 National
Survey of America's Families to analyze the determinants of receipt of a child care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt
on employment, school attendance, unemployment, and welfare participation. Ordinary least-squares estimates that treat subsidy
receipt as exogenous show an effect of subsidy receipt on employment of about 13 percentage points. Two-stage least-squares
estimates that treat subsidy receipt as endogenous and use county dummies as identifying instruments show an effect of 33
percentage points on employment, 20 percentage points on unemployment, and no effects on schooling and welfare receipt.
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Erdal Tekin (Corresponding author)Email: |
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The effect of longevity on schooling and fertility: evidence from the Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey 总被引:4,自引:2,他引:2
Rodrigo R. Soares 《Journal of population economics》2006,19(1):71-97
This paper presents microevidence on the effect of adult longevity on schooling and fertility. Higher longevity is systematically
associated with higher schooling and lower fertility. The paper looks at the 1996 Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey
and constructs an adult longevity variable based on the mortality history of the respondent's family. Families with histories
of high adult mortality in previous generations have systematically higher fertility and lower schooling. These effects are
not associated with omitted variables and remain unchanged after a large array of factors is accounted for (demographic characteristics,
family-specific child mortality, regional development, socioeconomic status, etc.).
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Rodrigo R. SoaresEmail: |
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The within-household schooling decision: a study of children in rural Andhra Pradesh 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Using microdata from a field survey of children in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, we estimate econometric models which aim to
identify the key explanatory factors in the decision on schooling. The approach adopted is to focus on the effects of sibling
competition within the household, by paying close attention to the number, age and gender of a child's siblings, while also
taking account of the characteristics of the household and community. Our findings suggest that the schooling decision depends
as much on the child's characteristics and position within the household, as on the circumstances in which the child lives.
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Peter G. MoffattEmail: |
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This study reviewed three philosophical accounts of happiness, and then tested those accounts with the Asiabarometer surveys
conducted in six Confucian societies during the summer of 2006. Statistical analyses of these surveys reveal that East Asians
tend to experience happiness to a greater extent when they experience enjoyment together with achievement and/or satisfaction.
The preponderance of such multi-dimensional conceptions in all those societies poses a direct challenge to a single dimensional
account of happiness in the West. The analyses also reveal that positive assessments of interpersonal relationships matter
more than the amount of knowledge or wealth in living a happy life in Confucian societies.
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Doh Chull Shin (Corresponding author)Email: |
Takashi InoguchiEmail: |
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Our results indicate that two thirds of active-duty military personnel report experiencing offensive racial behaviors in the
previous 12 months, whereas approximately one in ten reports threatening racial incidents or career-related discrimination.
Racial harassment significantly increases job dissatisfaction irrespective of the form of harassment considered. Furthermore,
threatening racial incidents and career-related discrimination heighten intentions to leave the military. Finally, our results
point to the importance of accounting for unobserved individual- and job-specific heterogeneity when assessing the consequences
of racial harassment. In single-equation models, the estimated effects of racial harassment on both job dissatisfaction and
intentions to leave the military are understated.
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Deborah Cobb-ClarkEmail: |
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Hung-Ju Chen 《Journal of population economics》2006,19(4):725-748
This study analyzes the impact of international migration on economic growth of a source country in a stochastic setting. The model accounts for endogenous fertility decisions and distinguishes between public and private schooling systems. We find that economic growth crucially depends on the international migration since the migration possibility will affect fertility decisions and school expenditures. Relaxation of restrictions on the emigration of high-skilled workers will damage the economic growth of a source country in the long run, although a ‘brain gain’ may happen in the short run. Furthermore, the growth rate of a source country under a private education regime will be more sensitive to the probability of migration than a country under a public education regime.
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Hung-Ju ChenEmail: Phone: +886-2-23582284Fax: +886-2-23582284 |
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This study applies rich data from the 2000 Swiss census to investigate the patterns of intergenerational education transmission
for natives and second-generation immigrants. The level of secondary schooling attained by youth aged 17 is related to their
parents’ educational outcomes based on data on the entire Swiss population. Extending economic theories of child educational
attainment, we derive hypotheses regarding the patterns of intergenerational education transmission. The data yield substantial
heterogeneity in intergenerational transmission across population groups. Only a small share of this heterogeneity is explained
by the predictions of economic theory.
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Regina T. Riphahn (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Demographic and Health Survey data from nine African countries make it clear that HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge has been increasing.
Still, in many cases, fewer than half of adult respondents can identify specific prevention behaviors. Knowledge is lowest
in rural areas and among women. HIV testing generally remains rare but is highly variable across countries, likely reflecting
differences in the supply of testing services. In most cases, schooling and wealth impacts on prevention knowledge have either
been stable or have increased; hence, in the majority of contexts, initial disparities in knowledge by education and wealth
levels have persisted or widened.
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David E. SahnEmail: |
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This paper characterizes vulnerable workers in Canada and the federal jurisdiction, based upon characteristics such as employment
status, demographic characteristics, and job characteristics, and identifies areas in which labour standards may have a role.
Based on this analysis, the paper evaluates the potential for labour standards to address economic vulnerability, focusing
on labour standards policies aimed at wages and benefits, hours, and employment arrangements. In addition, the analysis considers
the extent to which labour standards are likely to reach vulnerable workers. The results suggest several potential roles for
labour standards and highlights policy implications.
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George A. SlotsveEmail: |
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A discrete choice model for labor supply and childcare 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A discrete choice model for labor supply and childcare for mothers of preschoolers is presented. The mothers are assumed to
make choices from a finite set of job possibilities and from a finite set of childcare options. Options in the markets for
childcare are characterized by opening hours, fees and quality attributes. Similarly, jobs are characterized by a fixed wage
rate, working hours and a number of variables related to job satisfaction. In the estimation of the model, we take into account
that the number of options available might vary across work/care combinations and that some mothers are rationed in the market
for care at day care centers. The model is employed to simulate the female labor supply effects of the Norwegian home care
allowance reform.
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Thor O. ThoresenEmail: |
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Job loss and family adjustments in work and schooling during the Mexican peso crisis 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
We use individual data from a panel of families during the depth of the peso crisis in Mexico to investigate whether the transition
of the male household head from employment into unemployment affects the labor force participation of his spouse and children.
We find that significant added-worker effects are in operation especially for adult females (wives), but no evidence that
the labor force participation, the school attendance, and the likelihood of advancing to the next school grade of teenage
males are influenced by the event of unemployment of the household head. The head's unemployment is significantly associated
with a higher probability that teenage females do not attend school. However, lower attendance does not appear to impede their
advancement to the next grade.
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Susan W. ParkerEmail: |
16.
Francis Green 《Social indicators research》2008,88(1):147-160
Temporary workers in Britain experience lower job quality. However, the proportion of employees on temporary contracts has
fallen since a decade ago to just 5.5% in 2005. There have also been qualitative improvements. Many temporary workers now
fall under the protection of the Fixed Term Employees’ (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, and the
relative pay of fixed-term contract workers has since improved. In contrast, the subsequent fortunes of seasonal and casual
workers with short contracts have been mixed. Furthermore, the Act excludes agency workers, and the paper calls for additional
legislative action to ensure fair treatment for this group.
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Francis GreenEmail: |
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Theodore Palivos 《Journal of population economics》2009,22(1):131-144
This paper analyzes the welfare effect of illegal immigration on the host country within a dynamic general equilibrium framework
and shows that it is positive for two reasons. First, immigrants are paid less than their marginal product, and second, after
an increase in immigration, domestic households find it optimal to increase their holdings of capital. It is also shown that
dynamic inefficiency may arise, despite the fact that the model is of the Ramsey type. Nevertheless, the introduction of a
minimum wage, which leads to job competition between domestic unskilled workers and immigrants reverses all of the above results.
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Theodore PalivosEmail: |
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Sílvio Rendon 《Journal of population economics》2007,20(3):669-686
In this paper, I measure the contribution of knowing Catalan to finding a job in Catalonia. In the early 1980s, a drastic
language policy change (normalització) promoted the learning and use of Catalan in Catalonia and managed to reverse the falling trend of its relative use vs Castilian
(Spanish). Using census data for 1991 and 1996, I estimate a significant positive Catalan premium: the probability of being
employed increases between 3 and 5 percentage points if individuals know how to read and speak Catalan; it increases between
2 and 6 percentage points for writing Catalan.
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Sílvio RendonEmail: |
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Lingxin Hao Nan M. Astone Andrew J. Cherlin 《Population research and policy review》2007,26(3):235-257
This paper is an assessment of the impact of child support enforcement and welfare policies on nonmarital teenage childbearing
and motherhood. We derive four hypotheses about the effects of policies on nonmarital teenage childbearing and motherhood.
We propose that teenage motherhood and school enrollment are joint decisions for teenage girls. Based on individual trajectories
during ages 12–19, our analysis uses an event history model for nonmarital teenage childbearing and a dynamic model of motherhood
that is jointly determined with school enrollment. We find some evidence that child support policies indirectly reduce teen
motherhood by increasing the probability of school enrollment, which, in turn, reduces the probability of teen motherhood.
This finding suggests that welfare offices may wish to place greater weight on outreach programs that inform more teenagers
of the existence of strong child support enforcement measures. Such programs might reduce nonmarital teen motherhood further
and thus reduce the need for welfare support and child support enforcement in the long run.
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Lingxin HaoEmail: |
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The changing nature of wage inequality 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Thomas Lemieux 《Journal of population economics》2008,21(1):21-48
The paper reviews recent developments in the literature on wage inequality with a particular focus on why inequality growth
has been particularly concentrated in the top end of the wage distribution over the last 15 years. Several possible institutional
and demand-side explanations are discussed for the secular growth in wage inequality in the United States and other advanced
industrialized countries.
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Thomas LemieuxEmail: |