Parental actions and sibling inequality.
This paper presents a simple model of resource allocation within the family. The model is based on two main assumptions: there are nonconvexities in human capital investments and parents cannot borrow to finance their children's education. The model shows that poor and middle-income parents will oft...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Economics Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 281 - 298 |
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Elsevier Science
October 2003
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