Mark Rosenzweig
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Rosenzweig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenzweig |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENZWEIG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Networks and Misallocation
We provide an explanation for the large spatial wage disparities and low male migration in India based on the trade-off between consumption smoothing, provided by caste-based rural insurance networks, and the income gains from migration. Our theory generates two key empirically verified predictions: (i) males in relatively wealthy households within a caste who benefit less from the redistributive (surplus-maximizing) network will be more likely t…
Preface for symposium on measurement and survey design
Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources
We use survey data on twins in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced mass rustication movement of the Cultural Revolution, to identify the roles of altruism, favoritism, and guilt in affecting family behavior. We exploit the fact that many families were forced to select one of their adolescent children to be sent down. We show the conditions under which guilt, favoritism, and altruism can be identified using such…
Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World
This paper addresses the question of how traditional institutions interact with the forces of globalization to shape the economic mobility and welfare of particular groups of individuals in the new economy. We explore the role of one such traditional institution—the caste system—in shaping career choices by gender in Bombay using new survey data on school enrollment and income over the past 20 years. We find that male working-class—lower-caste—ne…
New research on education in developing economies
Development of research on the physiological mechanisms of auditory localization
Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources
We use survey data on twins in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced mass rustication movement of the Cultural Revolution, to identify the roles of altruism, favoritism, and guilt in affecting family behavior. We exploit the fact that many families were forced to select one of their adolescent children to be sent down. We show the conditions under which guilt, favoritism, and altruism can be identified using such…
Preface for symposium on measurement and survey design
New research on education in developing economies
Development of research on the physiological mechanisms of auditory localization
New research on education in developing economies
Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World
This paper addresses the question of how traditional institutions interact with the forces of globalization to shape the economic mobility and welfare of particular groups of individuals in the new economy. We explore the role of one such traditional institution—the caste system—in shaping career choices by gender in Bombay using new survey data on school enrollment and income over the past 20 years. We find that male working-class—lower-caste—ne…
Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources
We use survey data on twins in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced mass rustication movement of the Cultural Revolution, to identify the roles of altruism, favoritism, and guilt in affecting family behavior. We exploit the fact that many families were forced to select one of their adolescent children to be sent down. We show the conditions under which guilt, favoritism, and altruism can be identified using such…
Preface for symposium on measurement and survey design
Networks and Misallocation
We provide an explanation for the large spatial wage disparities and low male migration in India based on the trade-off between consumption smoothing, provided by caste-based rural insurance networks, and the income gains from migration. Our theory generates two key empirically verified predictions: (i) males in relatively wealthy households within a caste who benefit less from the redistributive (surplus-maximizing) network will be more likely t…
Economics (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Caste (2 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)