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The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood. New evidence form IV estimation
Cools, Sara; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2015
While fertility is positively correlated across generations, the causal effect of children's experience with larger … sibships on their own fertility in adulthood is poorly understood. Using the sex composition of the two first-born children as … an instrumental variable, we estimate the effect of sibship size on adult fertility. Estimations are done on high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210463
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Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents
Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011
In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for children's cognitive skills. School performance at age 16...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143520