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Autor:
Shawn D. Knabb, Patrick M. Emerson
Publikováno v:
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics. 20
This paper develops a model with overlapping generations to show that human capital formation can potentially attenuate factor price movements in response to fertility shocks if education spending per child is inversely related to the size of the gen
Autor:
Bruce McGough, Patrick M. Emerson
Publikováno v:
Review of Development Economics. 22:e250-e265
This paper constructs a two‐period overlapping generations model of human capital investment decisions where a microloan program designed to finance entrepreneurial activities is active. It is shown that, in the presence of human capital externalit
Autor:
Patrick M. Emerson, Bruce McGough
Publikováno v:
Economic Inquiry. 56:263-277
Limited human capital investment is a common characteristic of low-income countries despite the fact that estimated returns to educational investment in low-income countries are generally higher than those in high-income countries. Empirical evidence
Autor:
Patrick M. Emerson, Shawn D. Knabb
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Autor:
Simon W Bowmaker, Patrick M Emerson
Publikováno v:
Eastern Economic Journal. 41(3):411-429
This paper examines the relationship between the cost of housing and the rate of marriage in 2,450 US counties over the period 1970–1999. It is found that the burden of housing costs appears to play a role in the decision to marry. A higher ratio o
Autor:
Patrick M. Emerson
This chapter considers the interdependence among the quality levels of government institutions. Citizens of democratic societies are consumers of institutional output and the quality they demand from individual institutions is posited to be a functio
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812555.003.0010
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812555.003.0010
Autor:
Simon W. Bowmaker, Patrick M. Emerson
Publikováno v:
Eastern Economic Journal. 41:411-429
This paper examines the relationship between the cost of housing and the rate of marriage in 2,450 US counties over the period 1970–1999. It is found that the burden of housing costs appears to play a role in the decision to marry. A higher ratio o
Autor:
Patrick M. Emerson, Simon W. Bowmaker
Publikováno v:
Applied Economics. 45:3151-3169
Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young women as 'shotgun weddings' are no longer necessary. Empirical evidence from the United States lends support to that hypothesis. T
Autor:
Shawn D. Knabb, Patrick M. Emerson
Publikováno v:
Canadian Journal of Economics. 46(3):900-927
This paper develops a model with overlapping generations, where the household's optimal fertility, child labour, and education decisions depend on the parents’ expectations or beliefs about the return to education. It is shown that there exists a r
Publikováno v:
World Development. 36:1647-1664
This paper examines the effects of birth order on the child labor incidence and school attendance of Brazilian children. Evidence from the psychology and sociology literature suggests that earlier-born children tend to have higher innate abilities. T