Title:Social Roles as an Effective Learning Mechanism
Author(s):SCHLAG, Karl H.; POLLOCK, GregoryDate:1999Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Using the 'Buyer-Seller' game as an idealized form of social interaction across complementary roles, we examine two forms of 'myopic learning', where individuals try to improve their response to their immediately past ...
Title:Social Safety Nets: The Role of Education, Remittances and Migration
Author(s):NYARKO, Yaw; GYIMAH-BREMPONG, KwabenaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We study the role of education as a social protection mechanism. We compare the effectiveness of direct cash handouts in comparison to education over the long-term in reducing the vulnerability to poverty. We also look at ...
Title:Social Security and Risk Sharing
Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero; KUBLER, FelixDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we identify conditions under which the introduction of a pay-as-you-go social security system is ex ante Pareto-improving in a stochastic OLG economy with capital accumulation and land. We argue that these ...
Title:Social Security and Risk Sharing
Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero; KUBLER, FelixDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Social Security and Risk Sharing
Piero Gottardi
Felix Kubler
Abstract
In this paper we identify conditions under which the introduction of a pay-as-you-go social security system is ex-ante Pareto-improving in a stochastic ...
Title:Social Stratification and Cultural Consumption in Hungary: Book Readership
Author(s):BUKODI, ErzsebetDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption, specifically book readership, and social stratification in Hungary. Results show that status, education ...
Title:Social Stratification and Cultural Participation in Hungary: A Post-communist Pattern of Consumption?
Author(s):BUKODI, ErzsebetDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Drawing on data from a recent time-budget survey, this paper investigates the relationship between cultural consumption and social stratification in Hungary. Education continues to exert a powerful influence on cultural ...