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Do Parents Propagate Inequality Among Children? Evidence From Chinese and Swedish Twins

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economists have long studied how parental behavior shapes within‐family inequality, yet empirical findings remain mixed. Using twins data from China and Sweden, we examine the predominant mechanisms reported in the literature. Parents in both countries invest similarly during childhood.
Aiday Sikhova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor Market Monopsony Power and the Dynamic Gains to Openness Reforms

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We embed labor market monopsony into a dynamic heterogeneous‐firm general equilibrium model with exporting, horizontal FDI, and rich firm lifecycle dynamics. Rising marginal costs with monopsony slow and limit incumbent firm growth in response to liberalization, shifting adjustment to the extensive margin.
Priyaranjan Jha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

College Loans and Human Capital Investment

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT College loans facilitate access to education, but the repayment burden may distort posteducation human capital investment. We examine the role of college loans and loan repayment policies through a structural model of individuals' dynamic decisions on borrowing/saving, labor supply, and costly human capital investment. We estimate two versions
Chao Fu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Production and Gender Gap in Structural Change

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The gender gap in non‐agricultural employment in developing countries is concentrated among rural married workers. Within‐family specialization is central: Married women spend more time on home production, work fewer market hours, and are less likely to incur fixed costs of entering non‐agriculture.
Huoqing Cao, Chaoran Chen, Xican Xi
wiley   +1 more source

Labor Supply and Firm Size

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTLarger firms feature (i) longer hours worked, (ii) higher wages, and (iii) smaller (larger) wage penalties for working long (short) hours. We reconcile these patterns in a general equilibrium model, which features the endogenous interaction of hours, wages, and firm size. In the model, workers willing to work longer hours sort into larger firms
Lin Shao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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