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Parental nurturing and adverse effects of redistribution

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  • Debasis Bandyopadhyay
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  • Debasis Bandyopadhyay & Xueli Tang, 2011. "Parental nurturing and adverse effects of redistribution," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 71-98, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jecgro:v:16:y:2011:i:1:p:71-98
    DOI: 10.1007/s10887-011-9062-5
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    Heterogeneous ability; Parental input in education; Endogenous growth; Dynamic efficiency; Progressive income tax; Progressive education subsidy; D61; E24; E62; O11;
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    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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