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David de la Croix

Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

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Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

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1.

Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing Institutions

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/101
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Mar 2007
David de la Croix and Clara Delavallade
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Public investment, optimal growth, corruption, political power

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Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters

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Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters

UCLA Department of Economics Working Paper No. 803
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Aug 2001
Matthias Doepke and David de la Croix
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
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Growth, Inequality, Differential Fertility, Human Capital, Education

Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters

Posted: 15 Sep 2003
Matthias Doepke and David de la Croix
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

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Growth, Inequality, Differential Fertility, Human Capital, Education

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To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy

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To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2967, UCLA Department of Economics Working Paper No. 831
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics
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voting, private education, public education, democracy

To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2003/82
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 May 2007
David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics
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Education funding, Inequality, Voting, Political Power, Segregation

To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy

NBER Working Paper No. w13319
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2022
David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics
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To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5799
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Oct 2006
David de la Croix and Matthias Doepke
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics
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Public education, private education, probabilistic voting, democracy

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Vintage Capital

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/24
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Aug 2006
Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix and Omar Licandro
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)
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Obsolescence, embodiment, technology diffusion, vintage human capital

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Procreation, Migration and Tradable Quotas

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/98
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Mar 2007
David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Bhagwati tax, emission permits, Distributive effect, overpopulation, brain drain, Boulding

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Population Policy Through Tradable Procreation Entitlements

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/81
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Dec 2006
David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Tradable permits, Population control, Pronatalist policy, Income inequality, Differential fertility, Grandfathering

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Easter Island's Collapse: A Tale of a Population Race

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/1
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2007
David de la Croix and Davide Dottori
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Bank of Italy
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Fertility, War, Bargaining Power, Collapse, Natural Resources

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Dynamics and Monetary Policy in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle

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Dynamics and Monetary Policy in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle

ECB Working Paper No. 780, CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/106
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Mar 2007
David de la Croix, Gregory de Walque, Gregory de Walque and Rafael Wouters
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), National Bank of BelgiumFacultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) - Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences and National Bank of Belgium
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Efficiency wage, effort, inflation persistence, monetary policy

Dynamics and Monetary Policy in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle

National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 98
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
David de la Croix, Gregory de Walque, Gregory de Walque and Rafael Wouters
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), National Bank of BelgiumFacultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) - Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences and National Bank of Belgium
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Efficiency wage, effort, inflation persistence, monetary policy

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Public Versus Private Education When Differential Fertility Matters

UCLA Department of Economics Working Paper No. 816
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Apr 2002
Matthias Doepke and David de la Croix
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
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Education, human capital, growth, fertility, inequality

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Growth and Longevity from the Industrial Revolution to the Future of an Aging Society

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/64
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2006
David de la Croix, Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Uppsala University - Department of Economics and Uppsala University - Institute for Housing and Urban Research
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Demographic Transition, Life Expectancy, Education, Income Growth

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From Polygyny to Serial Monogamy: A Unified Theory of Marriage Institutions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6599
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
David de la Croix and Fabio Mariani
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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political economy, marriage, polygyny, monogamy, divorce, human capital

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Income Growth in the 21st Century: Forecasts with an Overlapping Generations Model

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/43
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Aug 2007
David de la Croix, Frédéric Docquier, Frédéric Docquier and Philippe Liégeois
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
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Aging, Forecast, Computable General Equilibrium, Education, Experience

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Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

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Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9828
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 04 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
David de la Croix, Matthias Doepke and Joel Mokyr
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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dissemination of knowledge, guilds, clans, apprenticeship

Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w22131
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 04 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
David de la Croix, Matthias Doepke and Joel Mokyr
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11199
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
David de la Croix, Matthias Doepke and Joel Mokyr
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Macroeconomics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Apprenticeship, Clans, Dissemination of Knowledge, Guilds

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Disentangling the Demographic Determinants of the English Take-Off: 1530-1860

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/33
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Aug 2007
Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix and Dominique Peeters
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain
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Early Literacy Achievements, Population Density and the Transition to Modern Growth

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2005/26
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Jan 2006
Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix and Dominique Peeters
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain
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Human Capital, Population Density, Education Investment, School Location, Technical Progress

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A Theory of Medicine Effectiveness, Differential Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/45
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Aug 2006
David de la Croix and Alessandro Sommacal
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Universite Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
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Differential mortality, Life expectancy, Propensity to save, Health expenditures

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Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5276
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
David de la Croix, Olivier Pierrard and Henri R. Sneessens
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Banque Centrale du Luxembourg and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
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labor force participation, pensions, aging, labor market, search unemployment, overlapping generations

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Education and Growth with Endogenous Debt Constraints

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/74
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Apr 2005
David de la Croix and Philippe Michel
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - GREQAM (Deceased)
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Financial depth, borrowing constraints, indeterminacy, incentive compatibility

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Diverging Patterns of Education Premium and School Attendance in France and the Us: A Walrasian View

IZA Discussion Paper No. 846
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
David de la Croix, Frédéric Docquier and Frédéric Docquier
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
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human capital, education, experience, skill premium

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Modelling Vintage Structures with Ddes: Principles and Applications

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/47
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Oct 2006
Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix and Omar Licandro
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)
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demography, economic growth, vintage structures, optimal control, differential-difference equations, state-dependence

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Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12884
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Apr 2018
David de la Croix and Aude Pommeret
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Université de Savoie
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Assisted reproduction technology, Career uncertainty, Late parenthood, Real option

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Religions, Fertility, and Growth in South-East Asia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12622
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
David de la Croix and Clara Delavallade
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and World Bank
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Buddhism, Catholicism, education, indirect inference, Islam, Quality-Quantity Tradeoff

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Endogenous Childlessness and Stages of Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12071
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 05 Jun 2017
Thomas Baudin, David de la Croix and Paula Gobbi
University of Lille III - EQUIPPE-GREMARS, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - School of Economic and Social Research (IRES)
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Childlessness, education, Fertility, Marriage, poverty, Structural Estimation., Unwanted Births

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Strategic Fertility, Education Choices, and Conflicts in Deeply Divided Societies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13412
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Emeline Bezin, Bastien Chabé-Ferret and David de la Croix
Paris School of Economics (PSE), Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)
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conflict, Fertility, Human Capital, Indonesia, minorities, Nash equilibrium, population engineering, quality-quantity trade-off

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Childlessness, Celibacy and Net Fertility in Pre-Industrial England: The Middle-Class Evolutionary Advantage

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11752
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 09 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2019
David de la Croix, Eric Schneider and Jacob Louis Weisdorf
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Childlessness, European Marriage Pattern, Evolutionary Advantage, Fertility, Industrial Rev- olution, Marriage, Social Class

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How Far Can Economic Incentives Explain the French Fertility and Education Transition?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12531
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Jan 2018
David de la Croix and Faustine Perrin
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Lund University
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demographic transition, education, Family macroeconomics, France, Gender Gap, Quality-Quantity Tradeoff

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'The Child is Father of the Man:' Implications for the Demographic Transition

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6493
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Jun 2008
David de la Croix and Omar Licandro
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)
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Fertility, Height, Human Capital, Life Expectancy, Mortality.

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Labor Market Dynamics When Effort Depends on Wage Growth Comparisons

Empirical Economics, Vol. 25, Issue 3
Posted: 22 Aug 2001
David de la Croix, Franz C. Palm and Jean-Pierre Urbain
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), University of Maastricht - Department of Economics and Maastricht University - Department of Economics

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Efficiency wages, partial gift exchange, effort function, cointegration, GMM

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Education Funding and Regional Convergence

Posted: 18 Oct 2000
David de la Croix and Philippe Monfort
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

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