Maternal education and child attainment in Jamaica: testing the bargaining power hypothesis

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Analysis of a sample of Jamaican households is undertaken to find out whether the educational achievement of a mother has an effect on the educational and health outcomes of her children. Results show a positive correlation between the two. This is especially true in Jamaica where education is considered both as a means towards earning more and as a status symbol. Mothers who have reached higher education tend to exert greater bargaining power in their households.

Social aspects, Research, Education, Mother and child, Mother-child relations, Mothers, Jamaica

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Specification and testing of Markov chain models: an application to convergence in the European Union

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The Markov chain methodology and other log-linear modelling approach are evaluated and adopted to show tests of different properties of income dynamics in the EU regional economies. The Markov chain approach can effectively distinguish long-run properties of the dynamics including whether or not the inter-state policy is consistent with the limiting property of the system that is achieved. Empirical results explain even the most restricted hyphotheses.

Economic Views, Models, Economic aspects, Economic policy, European Union, Markov processes

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