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Research paper thumbnail of Credit Markets, Risk Pooling and Risk Taking in Low-Income Countries

Research paper thumbnail of Differential Investment in Children: Sex-Specific Child Quality, Fertility and Educational Expenditures

Research paper thumbnail of No Child Left Behind? US Immigration and Divided Families

Oxford University Press eBooks, May 1, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Do Population Control Policies Induce More Human Capital Investment? Twins, Birthweight, and China's 'One Child' Policy

Social Science Research Network, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Are There Too Many Farms in the World? Labor Market Transaction Costs, Machine Capacities, and Optimal Farm Size

Journal of Political Economy, Mar 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Forecasting Profitability

Social Science Research Network, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Housing Prices, Inter-generational Co-residence, and “Excess” Savings by the Young: Evidence using Chinese Data

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of t... more The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

Research paper thumbnail of Migration Selectivity and the Effects of Government Programs

Research paper thumbnail of © Notice, is Given to the Source

that may remain. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect

Research paper thumbnail of Fertility and Its Life - Cycle Consequences

This paper describes and implements a methodology for disentangling empirically in households the... more This paper describes and implements a methodology for disentangling empirically in households the bio10gically-determined supply of births from the demand for births in order to aasess the consequences of exogenous variations in fertility supply for household behavior. The estimation problems arising when there is heterogeneity both in preferences for family size and in the biological capacity to bear children (fecundity) are illustrated wjth a dynamic optimizing model incorporating stochastic fertility. The methodology is applied to monthly longitudinal data on contraceptive use, fertility, and female labor supply in the United States from 1970-75. The empirical results indicate that more than ten percent of the cross-sectional variation in the number of live births in the U.S. is due to interhousehold variation in the exogenous supply of births. Bio10gica11ydetermined fertility supply variation also significantly affects married women's labor supply and earnings. Moreover, use of actual fertility as a proxy for fertility supply results in underestimates of contraceptive effectiveness, and to biased estimates of the consequences of exogenous variations in fertility supply for couples' choice of contraceptives, for female earnings, and for the labor supply of married women.

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook of Development Economics

Research paper thumbnail of Microeconomic Approaches to Development: Schooling, Learning, and Growth

Social Science Research Network, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Democratization and the Distribution of Local Public Goods in a Poor Rural Economy

Research paper thumbnail of Female Labor-Force Participation and Fertility in Developing Countries

Note: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and c... more Note: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. References in publications to Discussion Papers should be cleared with the author to protect the tentative character of these papers.

Research paper thumbnail of Market Opportunities, Genetic Endowments and the IntraFamily Distribution of Resources: Child Survival in Rural India

Research paper thumbnail of Gender, Agricultural Production, and the Theory of the Household

Journal of Political Economy, 1996

for comments on a preliminary draft. I have benefitted from the comments of participants at a num... more for comments on a preliminary draft. I have benefitted from the comments of participants at a number of seminars. Financial support from the National Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. I thank ICRISAT for making the data available.

Research paper thumbnail of Replication data for: Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gende... more A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments and occupational choice. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.

Research paper thumbnail of Democratization, Elite Capture and Economic Development

The research for this paper is supported in part by grants NIH HD30907 and NSF SBR93-08405. We ar... more The research for this paper is supported in part by grants NIH HD30907 and NSF SBR93-08405. We are grateful to Tim Besley for comments on an earlier version of this paper. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

Research paper thumbnail of Family reunification and the immigration multiplier: U.S. immigration law, origin-country conditions, and the reproduction of immigrants

Demography, 1986

This paper reports estimates of the total numbers of actual legal immigrants to the United States... more This paper reports estimates of the total numbers of actual legal immigrants to the United States that result from the family reunification provisions of U.S. immigration law. These immigration multipliers are estimated separately for major visa categories and by gender and are obtained in the context of an analysis of how individual characteristics of immigrants and their origin country conditions affect (a) the decision to migrate to the United States and (b) once admitted, their propensity to remain and to become U.S. citizens. The analyses combine longitudinal data on the 1971 cohort of legal immigrants and data from the 1970 Census Public Use Tapes. The results suggest that the actual multipliers differ importantly by visa category and that they are substantially lower than the potential multipliers and lower as well than previously supposed.

Research paper thumbnail of Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Sep 1, 2010

We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender... more We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Royeconomy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.

Research paper thumbnail of Credit Markets, Risk Pooling and Risk Taking in Low-Income Countries

Research paper thumbnail of Differential Investment in Children: Sex-Specific Child Quality, Fertility and Educational Expenditures

Research paper thumbnail of No Child Left Behind? US Immigration and Divided Families

Oxford University Press eBooks, May 1, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Do Population Control Policies Induce More Human Capital Investment? Twins, Birthweight, and China's 'One Child' Policy

Social Science Research Network, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Are There Too Many Farms in the World? Labor Market Transaction Costs, Machine Capacities, and Optimal Farm Size

Journal of Political Economy, Mar 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Forecasting Profitability

Social Science Research Network, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Housing Prices, Inter-generational Co-residence, and “Excess” Savings by the Young: Evidence using Chinese Data

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of t... more The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

Research paper thumbnail of Migration Selectivity and the Effects of Government Programs

Research paper thumbnail of © Notice, is Given to the Source

that may remain. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect

Research paper thumbnail of Fertility and Its Life - Cycle Consequences

This paper describes and implements a methodology for disentangling empirically in households the... more This paper describes and implements a methodology for disentangling empirically in households the bio10gically-determined supply of births from the demand for births in order to aasess the consequences of exogenous variations in fertility supply for household behavior. The estimation problems arising when there is heterogeneity both in preferences for family size and in the biological capacity to bear children (fecundity) are illustrated wjth a dynamic optimizing model incorporating stochastic fertility. The methodology is applied to monthly longitudinal data on contraceptive use, fertility, and female labor supply in the United States from 1970-75. The empirical results indicate that more than ten percent of the cross-sectional variation in the number of live births in the U.S. is due to interhousehold variation in the exogenous supply of births. Bio10gica11ydetermined fertility supply variation also significantly affects married women's labor supply and earnings. Moreover, use of actual fertility as a proxy for fertility supply results in underestimates of contraceptive effectiveness, and to biased estimates of the consequences of exogenous variations in fertility supply for couples' choice of contraceptives, for female earnings, and for the labor supply of married women.

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook of Development Economics

Research paper thumbnail of Microeconomic Approaches to Development: Schooling, Learning, and Growth

Social Science Research Network, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Democratization and the Distribution of Local Public Goods in a Poor Rural Economy

Research paper thumbnail of Female Labor-Force Participation and Fertility in Developing Countries

Note: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and c... more Note: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. References in publications to Discussion Papers should be cleared with the author to protect the tentative character of these papers.

Research paper thumbnail of Market Opportunities, Genetic Endowments and the IntraFamily Distribution of Resources: Child Survival in Rural India

Research paper thumbnail of Gender, Agricultural Production, and the Theory of the Household

Journal of Political Economy, 1996

for comments on a preliminary draft. I have benefitted from the comments of participants at a num... more for comments on a preliminary draft. I have benefitted from the comments of participants at a number of seminars. Financial support from the National Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. I thank ICRISAT for making the data available.

Research paper thumbnail of Replication data for: Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gende... more A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments and occupational choice. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.

Research paper thumbnail of Democratization, Elite Capture and Economic Development

The research for this paper is supported in part by grants NIH HD30907 and NSF SBR93-08405. We ar... more The research for this paper is supported in part by grants NIH HD30907 and NSF SBR93-08405. We are grateful to Tim Besley for comments on an earlier version of this paper. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

Research paper thumbnail of Family reunification and the immigration multiplier: U.S. immigration law, origin-country conditions, and the reproduction of immigrants

Demography, 1986

This paper reports estimates of the total numbers of actual legal immigrants to the United States... more This paper reports estimates of the total numbers of actual legal immigrants to the United States that result from the family reunification provisions of U.S. immigration law. These immigration multipliers are estimated separately for major visa categories and by gender and are obtained in the context of an analysis of how individual characteristics of immigrants and their origin country conditions affect (a) the decision to migrate to the United States and (b) once admitted, their propensity to remain and to become U.S. citizens. The analyses combine longitudinal data on the 1971 cohort of legal immigrants and data from the 1970 Census Public Use Tapes. The results suggest that the actual multipliers differ importantly by visa category and that they are substantially lower than the potential multipliers and lower as well than previously supposed.

Research paper thumbnail of Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Sep 1, 2010

We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender... more We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Royeconomy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.