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...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Development Economics Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 281 - 298
Autores principales:	Dahan, Momi, Gaviria, Alejandro
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Elsevier Science October 2003
Materias:	Education & economics Resource allocation > Mathematical models Families & economics Human capital Mathematical models
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