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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884097
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Heterogeneity in Spousal Matching Models
Fletcher, Jason M.; Padrón, Norma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
An important paper by Chiappori et al. (2012) has proposed an elegant and parsimonious model of spousal matching over multi-dimensional characteristics. Importantly, the model suggests specific testable assumptions that allow researchers to uncover marginal rates of substitution (MRS) between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214039
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Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279254
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Black-White Marital Matching: Race, Anthropometrics, and Socioeconomics
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, together with their wage and education, and estimate who inter-racially marries whom … along these dimensions. Distinctive patterns arise by gender and race for inter-married individuals: the black women who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395430
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
effect of education on health, depending on gender. …In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278192
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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
effects on adult health and work capacity. The magnitude of the effect is negatively correlated with age at the onset of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761685
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Intergenerational Mobility and Schooling Decisions in Germany and Italy: The Impact of Secondary School Tracks
Checchi, Daniele; Flabbi, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Intergenerational mobility in income and education is affected by the influence of parents on children’s school choices … on children choices. Using data from a cross-country survey (PISA 2003), we study the impact of parental education on …) translates into greater dependence from parental background. These effects are reinforced when moving to post-secondary education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703807
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The Role of Religion in Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States: A Review of the Recent Literature
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of recent research on the role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States. Relationships reviewed include the effects of religion on investments in human capital, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703829
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Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
their children’s education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from birth order … and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education and that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822600
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Birth Order, Educational Attainment and Earnings: An Investigation Using the PSID
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Mechoulan, Stéphane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Whether siblings of specific birth order perform differently has been a longstanding open empirical question. We use the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the literature: whether being early in the birth order implies a distinct educational advantage, and whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763553