Long shadow of the Berlin Wall

Do people born at different points of the economic cycle have different outcomes - and if so, why? Arnaud Chevalier and Olivier Marie examine the educational attainment and criminal activity of children born in East Germany in the few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall - a time when uncertainty about the future was extremely high.

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Year of publication:	2015-01
Authors:	Chevalier, Arnaud ; Marie, Olivier
Institutions:	Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Subject:	Crime \| parental selection \| fertility \| economic uncertainty \| risk attitude

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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