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Does Longevity Cause Growth
Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - EconWPA - 2005
This article challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity cannot explain the significant accumulation of human capital during the transition from stagnation to growth. This is because greater longevity raises children's future income proportionally at all levels of education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125680
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Labor Supply and Child Care Costs: The Effect of Rationing
Boca, Daniela Del; Vuri, Daniela - EconWPA - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125711
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Effects of Infertility Insurance Mandates on Fertility
Lucie, Schmidt - EconWPA - 2005
examine whether these state-level mandates were successful in increasing fertility rates. Using a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125754
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The Impact of Female Employment on the Likelihood and Timing of Second and Higher Order Pregnancies
Harvey S. James Jr. - EconWPA - 1996
This paper examines the effects of married women's employment on their fertility behavior in the United States. Data … transition to third pregnancy. In addition, this paper demonstrates that an appropriate method of modeling the fertility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125787
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A Dynamic Decision Model of Marriage, Childbearing, and Labor Force Participation of Women in Japan
Ueda, Atsuko - EconWPA - 2000
participation for women in Japan, motivated by the recent decrease in the number of marriages and the total fertility rate. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125788
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Generalizing the Causal Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply
Cruces, Guillermo; Galiani, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2003
We study the effect of fertility on labor supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a source of exogenous variability … both qualitatively and quantitatively to the populations of two developing countries where, compared to the US, fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125812
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Maintaining Momentum to 2015? An impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh
White, Howard; Masset, Edoardo; Blondal, Nina; … - EconWPA - 2005
Bangladesh has experienced rapid fertility decline and reductions in under-five mortality over the last three decades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407646
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A Model of Demographic and Economic Processe Interaction
Olenev, Nicholas; Sarancha, Dmitry - EconWPA - 2003
This paper gives a description of fertility influence on education level of population and its well-being. We carry out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408298
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Does the Mortality Decline Promote Economic Growth?
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - EconWPA - 2002
This paper analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively the e ects of declining mortality rates on fertility, education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412569
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Child Labor and Fertility
Schrepler, Ramona - EconWPA - 2003
This essay analyzes the economic causes and effects of household decisions concerning fertility, education and child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561532