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D De La Croix… - The American Economic Review, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We develop a new theoretical link between inequality and growth. In our model,
fertility and education decisions are interdependent. Poor parents decide to have many
children and invest little in education. A mean-preserving spread in the income distribution ...
M Doepke - Journal of Economic Growth, 2004 - Springer
In every developed country, the economic transition from pre-industrial stagnation to modern
growth was accompanied by a demographic transition from high to low fertility. Even though
the overall pattern is repeated, there are large cross-country variations in the timing and ...
M Doepke… - The American economic review, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We develop a positive theory of the adoption of child labor laws. Workers who
compete with children in the labor market support a child labor ban, unless their own
working children provide a large fraction of family income. Fertility decisions lock agents ...
M Doepke - Journal of Population Economics, 2005 - Springer
I compare the predictions of three variants of the altruistic parent model of Barro and Becker
for the relationship between child mortality and fertility. In the baseline model fertility choice
is continuous, and there is no uncertainty over the number of surviving children. The ...
M Doepke… - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract The British Industrial Revolution triggered a socioeconomic transformation whereby
the landowning aristocracy was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle
classes as the economically dominant group. We propose a theory of preference ...
D De la Croix… - Journal of Development Economics, 2004 - Elsevier
We assess the merits of different education systems in a framework that accounts for the joint
decision problem of parents regarding fertility and education. Specifically, we compare the
implications of a public and a private schooling regime for economic growth and inequality ...
M Doepke… - Journal of Political Economy, 2006 - JSTOR
This study quantitatively assesses the effects of inflation through changes in the value of
nominal assets. It documents nominal asset positions in the United States across sectors
and groups of households and estimates the wealth redistribution caused by a moderate ...
M Doepke… - Journal of Economic Theory, 2006 - Elsevier
We develop general recursive methods to solve for optimal contracts in dynamic principal-
agent environments with hidden states and hidden actions. Starting from a general
mechanism with arbitrary communication, randomization, full history dependence, and ...
M Doepke… - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of
married women. Given that they took place long before women gained the right to vote,
these changes amounted to a voluntary renunciation of power by men. In this paper, we ...
M Doepke… - Journal of the European Economic …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract One of the key social transformations that accompanied the British Industrial
Revolution was the economic decline of the aristocracy. Standard theories of wealth
inequality cannot explain why the aristocrats, in spite of their superior wealth and ...
D De la Croix… - Review of Economic Studies, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
How is the quality of public education affected by the presence of private schools for the
rich? Theory and evidence suggest that the link depends crucially on the political system.
We develop a theory that integrates private education and fertility decisions with voting on ...
M Doepke,
M Hazan… - 2007 - nber.org
We argue that one major cause of the US postwar baby boom was the increased demand for
female labor during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium
model with endogenous fertility and female labor-force participation decisions. We use the ...
M Doepke… - 2006 - nber.org
Episodes of unanticipated inflation reduce the real value of nominal claims and thus
redistribute wealth from lenders to borrowers. In this study, we consider redistribution as a
channel for aggregate and welfare effects of inflation. We model an inflation episode as an ...
M Doepke… - CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5167, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the effects of inflation through
changes in the value of nominal assets. We document nominal positions in the US across
sectors as well as different groups of households, and estimate the redistribution brought ...
M Doepke… - 2007 - nber.org
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order of society whereby
the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the
economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the ...
M Doepke… - 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We develop a positive theory of the adoption of child-labour regulation, based on
two key mechanisms. First, parental decisions on family size interact with their preferences
for child-labour regulation. Second, the supply of child labour affects skilled and unskilled ...
M Doepke - manuscript available at, 2000 - faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu
Abstract This paper develops a theory that accounts for three stylized facts concerning
growth and fertility in the long run. First, economies start in a “Malthusian Regime” with
stagnant living standards and high fertility. Second, ultimately a “Growth Regime” is ...
M Doepke… - CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5106, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We model the decision problem of a parent who chooses an occupation and
invests in the patience of her children. The two choices complement each other: patient
individuals choose occupations with a steep income profile; a steep income profile, in turn, ...
M Doepke… - CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8441, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to
their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to
women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family ...
M Doepke… - manuscript, UCLA and IIES, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We model the decision problem of a parent who chooses an occupation and
teaches patience to her children. The two choices are linked by a strategic complementarity:
patient individuals choose occupations with a steep income profile; a steep income profile, ...
M Doepke… - 2006 - nber.org
In this paper we investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor
restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-
faire equilibrium may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these ...
M Doepke - 2000 - Citeseer
Abstract In this paper I develop a unified theory of fertility, inequality, and growth. The model
is consistent with a phase of stagnation during which the economy exhibits Malthusian
features, followed by a transition to a balanced-growth regime. A special emphasis is ...
M Doepke… - Journal of the European Economic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This paper shows that a zero-sum redistribution of wealth within a country can have
persistent aggregate effects. Motivated by the case of an unanticipated inflation episode, we
consider redistribution shocks that shift resources from old to young households. ...
M Doepke - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Following a phase of near-constant living standards lasting from Stone Age until
the onset of the Industrial Revolution, a large number of countries have experienced growth
takeoffs, in which stagnation gives way to sustained economic growth. What causes some ...
M Doepke… - … manuscript, UCLA and University of Chicago, 2001 - Citeseer
Abstract In this paper we show that public reserves with a low return and a partial credit-
guarantee scheme can be optimal if banks face a moral hazard problem with both hidden
actions and hidden information. In our model, banks face uncertain returns on their loans ...
M Doepke… - 2008 - en.scientificcommons.org
Abstract The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of
married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to
vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we ...
M Doepke… - Journal of Economic Growth, 2010 - Springer
Abstract In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries
have tried to discourage the use of child-labor in poor countries through measures such as
product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported ...
M Doepke… - Manuscript, UCLA and NYU, 2005 - sv.uio.no
Abstract This paper considers the revaluation of nominal wealth as a channel for aggregate
and welfare effects of inflation. In a calibrated OLG model, an inflation episode is viewed as
an unanticipated shock to the wealth distribution that hurts old lenders and helps young ...
M Doepke… - Journal of the European Economic …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent
years, support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for
the use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor ...
M Doepke,
M Hazan… - Preliminary draft, 2005 - nber.org
Abstract The past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of
American women. Over the long term, there has been a marked trend towards lower fertility
and higher female labor force participation. However, change did not occur in a uniform ...
[CITATION] kThe Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis
M Doepke, M Hazan… - 2007 - lNBER Working Paper
[CITATION] The demographic transition, income distribution and the transition from agriculture to industry
M Doepke - 1999 - mimeo, UCLA
M Doepke… - 2004 Meeting Papers, 2004 - ideas.repec.org
In most democracies, the majority of education expenditures is financed by the government.
In non-democracies, we observe a wide variation in the mix of public and private funding of
education. In addition, countries with high inequality tend to rely more heavily on private ...
[CITATION] MH and YD Maoz (2005)
M Doepke - The baby boom and World War II: The role of labor …
[CITATION] Accounting for Fertility Decline During the Transition to Growth
D Matthias - 2002 - UCLA
M Doepke… - 2004 - nber.org
Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of inflation through changes in the value of nominal
assets. Nominal positions in the US economy are documented for different sectors as well as
age and wealth groups of households. The redistribution brought about by a moderate ...
M Doepke… - Unpublished Manuscript, UCLA and …, 2004 - bankofcanada.ca
This appendix describes a data set of US nominal positions assembled for our paper “Real
Effects of Inflation through the Redistribution of Nominal Wealth.” We construct expected
future nominal payment streams for different sectors of the US economy, as well as age ...
M Doepke, M Tertilt… - 2011 - nber.org
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy
between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to
developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few ...
M Doepke… - 2004 - econ.tau.ac.il
Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of inflation through changes in the value of nominal
assets. Nominal positions in the US economy are documented for different sectors as well as
age and wealth groups of households. The redistribution brought about by a switch from a ...
[CITATION] Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters
M Doepke… - 2006 - cepr.org
This paper shows that a zero-sum redistribution of wealth within a country can have
persistent aggregate effects. Motivated by the case of an unanticipated inflation episode, we
consider redistribution shocks that shift resources from old to young households. ...
M Doepke… - 2006 Meeting Papers, 2006 - ideas.repec.org
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M Doepke… - 2008 - cepr.org
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married
women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote,
they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we ...
[CITATION] Voting with Your Children: A Positive Analysis of Child Labor Laws
F Zilibotti, M Doepke… - 2003 - London (United Kingdom): Centre …
M Doepke… - 2009 - aida.econ.yale.edu
Abstract We develop a theory that gives rise to an endogenous unit of account. Agents enter
into non-contingent contracts with a variety of business partners. Trade unfolds sequentially
and is subject to random matching. By using a unified unit of account, agents can lower ...
M Doepke… - 2005 - cepr.org
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the effects of inflation through changes in
the value of nominal assets. We document nominal positions in the US across sectors as
well as different groups of households, and estimate the redistribution brought about by a ...
M Doepke - Recherches économiques de Louvain, 2005 - cairn.info
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M Doepke - 2007 - crei.cat
Abstract In many developing countries, the institutional framework governing economic life
has its roots in the colonial period, when the interests of European settlers clashed with
those of the native population or imported slaves. We examine the economic implications ...
M Doepke… - 2007 - cepr.org
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order whereby the landed
elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically
dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values ...
M Doepke,
M Hazan… - 2008 - cepr.org
We argue that one major cause of the US postwar baby boom was the increased demand for
female labour during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium
model with endogenous fertility and female labour-force participation decisions. We use ...
M Doepke… - 2009 - cepr.org
Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent years,
support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for the
use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor ...
HJ Pott, S Freeman… - … M, tijdschrift over …, 1996 - en.scientificcommons.org
deutsch english. Publikationsansicht. 8065786. Emotional Intelligence - why it can matter more
than IQ (1996). Pott, HJ. Details der Publikation. Download, http://dare.uva.nl/record/17669. Archiv,
Publications of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands). Typ, Book review. ...
M Doepke… - 2006 - stanford.edu
This appendix describes a data set of US nominal positions assembled for our paper
“Inflation and the Redistribution of Nominal Wealth.” We construct expected future nominal
payment streams for different sectors of the US economy, as well as age and wealth ...
M Doepke… - 2007 - faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu
In Doepke and Zilibotti (2005), we present an analysis of the political economy of child labor
legislation within a dynamic framework that endogenizes skill premia as well as fertility and
education decisions. In this note, we illustrate the main tradeoffs that arise in the full model ...
M Doepke… - 2004 - cepr.org
We develop general recursive methods to solve for optimal contracts in dynamic principal-
agent environments with hidden states and hidden actions. In our baseline model, the
principal observes nothing other than transfers. Nevertheless, optimal incentive- ...
M Doepke… - 2006 - cepr.org
Episodes of unanticipated inflation reduce the real value of nominal claims and thus
redistribute wealth from lenders to borrowers. In this study, we consider redistribution as a
channel for aggregate and welfare effects of inflation. We model an inflation episode as an ...
M Doepke… - 2006 - cepr.org
In this paper we investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labour
restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-
faire equilibrium may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these ...
M Doepke - EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 2007 - econpapers.repec.org
By Matthias Doepke; Abstract: Matthias Doepke is Associate Professor of Economics at
UCLA. He is interested in the economic growth and development,. ...
M Doepke… - 2005 Meeting Papers, 2005 - ideas.repec.org
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M Doepke… - 2005 - cepr.org
We model the decision problem of a parent who chooses an occupation and invests in the
patience of her children. The two choices complement each other: patient individuals
choose occupations with a steep income profile; a steep income profile, in turn, leads to a ...
M Doepke… - 2002 - Citeseer
Abstract This paper develops a positive theory of the adoption of child labor restrictions
(CLR). The key mechanism in our model is an interaction between parental decisions on
family size and their preferences for CLR. While parents with few children have little to ...
M Doepke… - 2011 - cepr.org
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their
husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is
good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models ...
The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary
education to their citizens. In some countries, however, public schools coexist with private
schools, while in others the government is the sole provider of education. In this study, we ...
M Doepke… - econstor.eu
Zusammenfassung: The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal
rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained
the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this ...
M Doepke - Proceedings, 2002 - ideas.repec.org
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DELA David… - Discussion Papers (IRES-Institut de …, 2003 - ideas.repec.org
In most democracies, the majority of education expenditures is financed by the government.
In non-democracies, we observe a wide variation in the mix of public and private funding of
education. In addition, countries with high inequality tend to rely more heavily on private ...
Y Maoz, M Doepke… - 2004 Meeting Papers, 2004 - ideas.repec.org
We present a model in which the gender gap in wages displays non-monotonic dynamics of
the type observed in the US during the twentieth century. We show that the dynamics of the
gender gap depend on the number of women that work at home in the early stage of their ...
M Doepke - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Since the mid-1980s, growth theorists have increasingly focused on human capital
as a source of long-run economic growth. Recently, however, a number of studies have
documented that the social returns of human-capital investment are fairly small, implying ...
M Doepke… - 2003 - cepr.org
We develop a positive theory of the adoption of child-labour regulation, based on two key
mechanisms. First, parental decisions on family size interact with their preferences for child-
labour regulation. Second, the supply of child labour affects skilled and unskilled wages. If ...
MDRM Townsend - 2002 - econ.ucla.edu
Abstract In our paper" Dynamic Mechanism Design with Hidden Income and Hidden
Actions," we develop general recursive methods to solve for optimal contracts in dynamic
principal-agent models with hidden income and hidden actions. This appendix provides ...
F Zilibotti… - 2004 Meeting Papers, 2004 - ideas.repec.org
Both empirical and theoretical evidence suggests that preference heterogeneity is a
necessary feature of any model that is able to account for observed heterogeneity in wealth
and lifetime income and consumption profiles. Why do tastes differ across people? We ...
F Altissimo, C Antonelli, G Ardizzi, V Atella… - RIVISTA DI POLITICA …, 2006 - faronet.it
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