essays in labor and development economics

... the increase in demand for adult labor because the quantity of adult labor probably increased. Likewise, the increase in demand for adult labor must have outweighed any increases in adult labor ... If this increase in adult labor demand is caused by a treatment whose only effect on adult labor demand is through a change in child labor supply, then this increase in...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:25

... consists of two essays on labor and development economics. The first essay seeks to identify the main factors that contributed to the decline in gender earnings gap in Thailand’s wage and salary ... and how education has expanded during Thailand’s modernization. Education for women and the closing of the gender gap in schooling in Thailand will be discussed. Finally...

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Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... reduction in its demand and, consequently, an increase in the utilization of child labor. On the other hand, an increase in per unit profits raises household income and, assuming that schooling is ... boys being generally more active until age 11 and then girls catching up at ages 12 and 13. Finally, when observing wage work in Figure 6, we no longer distinguish a sustaine...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 14:00

... Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Essays in labor economics and information economics Baskaya, Yusuf Soner ProQuest Dissertations and Theses; 2007; ProQuest Central pg. n/a Reproduced

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:26

... reproduction prohibited without permission. Essays in the economics of technology and innovation, and development economics Rosell, Carlos Eugenio ProQuest Dissertations and Theses; 2007; ProQuest Central pg.

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:27

... medicine, and biology over careers in physical sciences and engineering (Lubinski and Benbow, 1992). Moreover, the gender gap in mathemat- ics achievement and aptitude is small and declining (Xie ... Moreover, Xie and Shauman (2003) show that, controlling for major, the gap between men and women in their likelihood of pursuing graduate degrees and careers in 20 science...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:26

... Maloney and Brady (1988) and List et. al. (2004) also find perverse effects of grandfathering in the electric power industry and in manufacturing plants in New York state, respectively. Finally, ... present in every year, indicating that the utility-level industry makeup is about constant, and entry and exit are not prevalent in this industry. 4 both more productive and...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:18

... for example, the string “increa” was searched for, in order to turn up all occurrences 23 of increase, increasing, increases and increased. The results of this analysis are presented in Tables 3 and 4, below. ... authority of Adam Smith results in the “invisible hand” being co- opted into providing moral justification for anything that serves to reinforce and consolidate the inter...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... section and scheme of the coronal section at E14.5 in (F). (A) At E11.5, HSF2 is expressed in forebrain, midbrain and in hindbrain except for the midbrain, hindbrain midline. Surprisingly, the ... before and after birth in mouse brains [122,124]. No HSF4 DNA-binding activity was reported in the developing mouse brain so far. How- ever, Hsf4b is expressed in the adult mouse b...

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