Econ 791 Reading List: Spring 1996

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I. Reproduction

A. Fertility

M. Rosenzweig, "Population growth and human capital investments : theory and evidence", JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol.98, no.5 (1990), pp.S12- S70.

*Andrew D. Foster and Nikhil Roy, "The Dynamics of Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Family Planning Experiment", manuscript.

M. Pitt, S. R. Kandker, S. McKernan and M. Abdul Latif, "Credit programs for the poor and reproductive beahvior in low income countries: Are the reported causal relationships the result of heterogeneity bias?", manuscript.

R. Lee, "Evaluating externalities to childbearing in developing countries : the case of India", WORKING PAPERS OF THE PROGRAM IN POPULATION RESEARCH, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (December 1988).

B. Marriage

H. E. Peters, "Marriage and divorce : informational constraints and private contracting", AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, Vol.76, no.3 (June 1986), pp.437-454.

H. Jacoby, "The Economics of Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa: Female Prouductivity and the demand for wives in Cote D'Ivoire", JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. 103 no. 5 (Oct 1995), pp. 938-971.

*A. Foster "Analysis of Household Behavior when Households Choose Their Members: Marriage-Market Selection and Human Capital Allocations in Rural Bangladesh", manuscript.

II. Household and Family

A. Neoclassical Model and Alternatives

T. Paul Schultz, "Testing the neoclassical model of family labor supply and fertility, JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Vol.25, no.4 (Fall 1990), pp.599-634.

Browning, M. and P.A. Chiappori, "Efficient intra-household allocations: A general characterization and empirical tests", manuscript.

*Udry, Christopher, 1994, "Gender, Agricultural Production and the Theory of the Household," manuscript.

B. Transfers and Bequests

Lucas, Robert E.B. and Oded Stark, 1985, "Motivations to Remit: Evidence from Botswana," JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY 93 (October), 901-918.

Rosenzweig, Mark R. and Kenneth I. Wolpin, "Specific Experience, Household Structure and Intergenerational Transfers: Farm Family Land and Labor Arrangements in Developing Countries," QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Supplement 1985, 961-988.

*Foster, Andrew and Mark Rosenzweig "Imperfect Commitment, Altruism, and the Family: Evidence from Transfer Behavior in Low-Income Rural Areas", manuscript.

Bernheim, B. Douglas.; Shleifer, Andrei.; Summers, Lawrence H. "The Strategic Bequest Motive", JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. 93, n 6 (Dec 1985) pp. 1045-1076.

III. Health, Schooling, and Labor Markets

A. Children

M. Grossman and T. J. Joyce, "Unobservables, pregnancy resolutions, and birth weight production function in New York City", JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol.98, no.5 pt.1 (1990), pp.983-1007.

M. Rosenzweig and K. Wolpin, "Sisters, siblings, and mothers : the effects of teen-age childbearing on birth outcomes", ECONOMETRICA, Vol. 62, no. 1 (January 1995).

*Foster, Andrew, "Prices, Credit Markets, and Child Growth in Low-Income Rural Areas," ECONOMIC JOURNAL, May 1995.

B. Labor and Health

Strauss, John, "Does Better Nutrition Raise Farm Productivity?" JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, April 1986, 297-320.

Rosenzweig, Mark R. and Foster, Andrew D., "A Test for Moral Hazard in the Labor Market: Contractual Arrangements, Efficiency, and Health," REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, May 1994.

Sen, A. K., "Ingredients of Famine Analysis: Availability and Entitlements," QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 96:3, 1981, 433-464.

C. Schooling, Labor and Information

*Foster, Andrew D. and Mark R. Rosenzweig, "Technological Change and the Returns to and Investments in Schooling: Consequences of the Green Revolution," mimeo, January 1994.

*Foster, Andrew D. and Mark R. Rosenzweig, "Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical Change in Agriculture," JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, vol. 103, no. 6 (December 1995), pp. 1176-1209.

*Foster, Andrew D. and Mark R. Rosenzweig, 1994, "Comparative Advantage, Information and the Allocation of Workers to Tasks: Evidence from an Agricultural Labor Market," Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, mimeo.

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