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| Title: | On the State of the Union |
| Author(s): | Aiyagari, S. Rao
Greenwood, Jeremy
Guner, Nezih [nguner] |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Issued date: | Apr-2000 |
| Citation: | Journal of Political Economy. (Abril 2000), vol. 108, nº 2, p. 213-244 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5078 |
| ISSN: | 1537-534X |
| Abstract: | An ovedapping gencrations model of nlan-iage and divorce is constructed to analyze farnilv structure and intergenerational mobility. Agents diffel- by sex, marital status, and human capitaL Single agents Ineet in a lnalTiage Inarket and decide whether to accept or reject proposab to wed. Manied couples must decide whether to separate or floL Parcnts in"cst in their children depending on theil- wherewithal. A simulated ver'sÍon of the thcorctical PI-ototype can generate an equilihriunl with a significanl nurIlber of feInaleheaded families and a high degree of persistence in inconle across generations. To illllstrate the mooel's nlechanics, (he effects uf two antipo\'erty policies, namely child support and welfare. are illvestigated. |
| Review: | PeerReviewed |
| Version of: | http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5119 |
| Rights: | ©University of Chicago Press |
| Appears in Collections: | DE - Artículos de Revistas
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