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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2016
and occupation at age 36-40, and pension income at age 71. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility by birth date …, we find very substantial increases in employment (especially in the public sector) and income among women, alongside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580817
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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2019
We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010842
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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2017
and occupation at age 36-40, and pension income at age 71. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility by birth date …, we find very substantial increases in employment (especially in the public sector) and income among women, alongside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708489
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630379
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that the occurrence of twins is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence that challenges this premise. Using individual data for more than 18 million births (more than 500,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594542
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The twin instrument : fertility and human capital investment
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925159
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that their occurrence is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence challenging this premise. Using data on about 18 million births in 72 countries, we find that maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577906
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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009
This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income … children born to 600000 mothers during 1970-2000 in 38 developing countries. These data are merged with macroeconomic data by … aggregate shocks and trends in unobservables within countries, while a panel of children within mother is exploited to control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892847
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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894898
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Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income … children born to 600000 mothers during 1970-2000 in 38 developing countries. These data are merged with macroeconomic data by … aggregate shocks and trends in unobservables within countries, while a panel of children within mother is exploited to control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151296