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Political Aspirations in India: Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Leaders
Anukriti, S; Chakravarty, Abhishek - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Despite theoretical advances, measurement issues have impeded empirical research on aspirations. We quantify political aspirations in a developing country by estimating individuals' willingness to trade-off family size for political candidacy. Utilizing quasi-experimental variation in legal...
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Health and Health Behaviors during the Worst of Times: Evidence from the Great Recession
Tekin, Erdal; McClellan, Chandler; Minyard, Karen Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814470
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The Declines in Infant Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from British Cities in Demographic Transition
Newell, Andrew T.; Gazeley, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
At the beginning of the twentieth century Britain was roughly halfway through a 60-year demographic transition with declining infant mortality and birth rates. Cities exhibited great and strongly correlated diversity in these rates. We demonstrate cross-section correlations with, for instance,...
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Domestic Abuse and Child Health
Rawlings, Samantha; Siddique, Zahra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0 … understanding of the child health production process in a developing country context. …
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Cognitive Development and Infectious Disease: Gender Differences in Investments and Outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being: Evidence from India
Hu, Luojia; Schlosser, Analia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we study the impact of prenatal sex selection on the well-being of girls by analyzing changes in children's nutritional status and mortality during the years since the diffusion of prenatal sex determination technologies in India. We further examine various channels through which...
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
Anukriti, S - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex-selection is easily accessible. This paper investigates whether financial incentives can overcome this trade-off in the context of an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to...
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
to sons seem to have caused families to change the sex-composition of and health investments in their children. …
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Sex Ratios, Polygyny, and the Value of Women in Marriage: A Beckerian Approach
Grossbard, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
A central component of his theory of marriage Becker's Demand and Supply (D&S) models of marriage are also among the most unique models he pioneered. Here I provide an overview of Becker's analysis of the effects of sex ratios – the ratio of men to women in marriage markets – on individual...
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The Transformation of Hunger Revisited
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew T.; Bezabih, Mintewab - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the late 19th century. Using the same data, we conclude that Logan's estimates are thirty percent too low. Logan buttressed his estimates by claiming that the income elasticity of...
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