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Estimating inter-generational returns to medical care : new evidence from at-risk newborns
Clarke, Damian; Lillo Bustos, Nicolás; Tapia Schythe, … - 2022
reverting negative gradients in early life health and eventual fertility. These new stylised facts and results suggest the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412732
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Marriage regimes
Bethmann, Dirk - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539404
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Estimating inter-generational returns to medical care: new evidence from at-risk newborns
Clarke, Damian; Lillo Bustos, Nicolás; Tapia Schythe, … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014259016
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Valuing public goods : the life satisfaction approach
Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people s preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction approach. Reported subjective well-being data are used to directly evaluate utility consequences of public goods. The strengths of this approach are compared to traditional...
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Talking therapy : impacts of a nationwide mental health service in England
Oparina, Ekaterina; Krekel, Christian; Srisuma, Sorawoot - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014483234
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Talking therapy : impacts of a nationwide mental health service in England
Oparina, Ekaterina; Krekel, Christian; Srisuma, Sorawoot - 2024
Common mental health problems impose significant costs on individuals and societies, yet healthcare systems often overlook them. We provide the first causal evidence on the effectiveness of a pioneering, nationwide mental health service for treating depression and anxiety disorders in England...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495562
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A cross-national perspective on unemployment and first births
Schmitt, Christian - 2012
This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), I apply event history methods to analyze first-birth decisions in France, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201818
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Gender equality and outsourcing of domestic work, childbearing, and relationship stability among British couples
Schober, Pia S. - 2013
This study investigates whether gender inequality in the division of housework and child care may be an obstacle to childbearing and relationship stability among different groups of British couples. Furthermore, it explores whether outsourcing of domestic labor ameliorates any negative effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538854
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Education, health and fertility of UK immigrants : the role of English language skills
Aoki, Yu; Santiago, Lualhati - 2015
This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also … becoming a teenage mother, and decrease fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387165
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The economics of fertility : a new era
Doepke, Matthias; Hannusch, Anne; Kindermann, Fabian; … - 2022
In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-generation models of … fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities that, in the past, held both across countries and … across families in a given country: a negative relationship between income and fertility, and another negative relationship …
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