Untimely destruction: pestilence, war and accumulation in the long run
This paper analyses the effects of disease and war on the accumulation of human and physical capital. We employ an overlapping-generations frame-work in which young adults, confronted with such hazards and motivated by old-age provision and altruism, make decisions about investments in schooling and...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Bonn, Germany
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
October 2019
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| Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA
no. 12680 |
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Discussion paper series (no. 12680)
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/12680/untimely-destruction-pestilence-war-and-accumulation-in-the-long-run Verlag, kostenfrei: http://ftp.iza.org/dp12680.pdf Resolving-System, kostenfrei: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207504 
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| Author Notes: | Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach, Evgenij Komarov |
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