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Power of the Pill or Power of Abortion? Re-Examining the Effects of Young Women's Access to Reproductive Control
Myers, Caitlin Knowles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Recent research postulating that the diffusion of confidential access to the birth control pill to young women in the United States contributed to the dramatic social changes of the late 1960s and 1970s has not adequately accounted for the largely contemporaneous diffusion of access to abortion....
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Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
increasingly important, emerging as a widely used step on the path to marriage. Out-of-wedlock fertility has also risen, consistent … pill and women’s control over their own fertility; sharp changes in wage structure, including a rise in inequality and …
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …
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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, leading to a de-stigmatization of sex. As contraception has become more effective there is less need for parents, churches and …
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...
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Be Fruitful and Multiply? Moderate Fecundity and Long-Run Reproductive Success
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Exploiting an extensive genealogy record for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the study traces...
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The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
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Zukünftige Fachkräfteengpässe in Deutschland?
Dräger, Vanessa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Gefährdet der demographische Wandel den ökonomischen Wohlstand in Deutschland oder reicht das Arbeitsvolumenangebot aus, um den Arbeitsvolumenbedarf zu decken? In diesem Beitrag wird mittels Wachstumszerlegung der Bedarf für ein fortgeschriebenes BIP-pro-Kopf ermittelt. Dieser wird dem...
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Using Online Platforms for Competence Tests: A Component of the Demographic Policy of Germany
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Lifelong learning represents a key response to the demographic challenge in Germany. In terms of professional success, not only hard skills but also soft skills hold importance. Indeed, the OECD competence tests PISA and PIAAC have come to the fore, although acquired skills are still relevant....
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