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-separation fertility, and reduce labor supply among high-income fathers. Our findings suggest that government efforts to increase child … investments through mandates on parents can be complicated by their behavioral responses to them …
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This paper examines the long-term impacts of early childhood exposure to air pollution on adult outcomes using U.S. administrative data. We exploit changes in air pollution driven by the 1970 Clean Air Act to analyze the difference in outcomes between cohorts born in counties before and after...
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population-level administrative data on 35 birth cohorts of children to provide a comprehensive analysis of both the mechanisms … children "bringing home" the virus to their younger siblings. We then combine the birth order variation with within …-municipality variation in respiratory disease prevalence among preschool-aged children to identify differential long-term impacts of early …
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While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
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We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy for potentially life-threatening causes. We find that this effect is driven by women residing in...
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that the younger siblings and cousins of marginally diagnosed children are also more likely to be diagnosed with and … treated for ADHD. Moreover, we find that the younger relatives of marginally diagnosed children have no better adult human …
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Evidence about the effects of violent crime on victims is sparse, but is necessary to determine the social costs of crime and the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. We present new evidence about the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes,...
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occupational choices, which reflect their comparative advantage. We merge records on children hospitalized with poliomyelitis …
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to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world …, both the implementation of new programs and extensions of existing ones increase leave-taking rates among new parents … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …
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A growing literature suggests that stressful events in pregnancy can have negative effects on birth outcomes. Some of the estimates in this literature may be affected by small samples, omitted variables, endogenous mobility in response to disasters, and errors in the measurement of gestation, as...
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