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An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Greenwood, Jeremy; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cezar; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
(some forms of promoting condoms or marriage), the quantitative exercise suggests that these effects may increase HIV …
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Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued … marriage and divorce is developed. Household production benefits from labour-saving technological progress. …
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …
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Birth order matters : the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2006
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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills among adolescents in India
Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 193 (2022), pp. 66-97
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The effect of natural disaster on fertility, birth spacing, and child sex ratio : evidence from a major earthquake in India
Nandi, Arindam; Mazumdar, Sumit; Behrman, Jere R. - In: Journal of population economics 31 (2018) 1, pp. 267-293
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Conditional cash transfers for primary education : which children are left out?
Bauchet, Jonathan; Undurraga, Eduardo A.; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 105 (2018), pp. 1-12
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The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on. An instrumental variable technique is employed to estimate peer effects in opioid...
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The Household Equipment Revolution
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
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What You Don´t Know CAN Hurt You-Or at Least Mislead You: Family Behaviors, Unobserved Heterogeneities, and the Determinants and Impacts of Human Reso
Behrman, Jere R. - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2009)
What one does not know, in the form of unobserved heterogeneity, can mislead one in empirical estimates. A simple model of intrahousehold allocations illustrates the possible importance of unobserved factors such as abilities in determining human resources and their impacts. The author reviews...
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