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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks

Tekin, Erdal; Gershenson, Seth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...

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Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity

Tekin, Erdal; Herbst, Chris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study …

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The Geographic Accessibility of Child Care Subsidies and Evidence on the Impact of Subsidy Receipt on Childhood Obesity

Tekin, Erdal; Herbst, Chris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....

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Is there a Link Between Foreclosure and Health?

Currie, Janet; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

We investigate the relationship between foreclosures and hospital visits using data on all foreclosures and all hospital and emergency room visits from four states that were among the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. We find that living in a neighborhood with a spike in foreclosures is...

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Teen Smoking and Birth Outcomes

Tekin, Erdal; Walker, MaryBeth; Wallace, Sally - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

In the U.S. teen mothers are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies than non-teen mothers. There is also substantial evidence that smoking is a risk factor correlated with low birth weight. Low birth weight is a costly outcome in both the short and long term for parents, children,...

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Obesity, Self-esteem and Wages

Mocan, Naci H.; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Obesity is associated with serious health problems, and it can generate adverse economic outcomes. We analyze a …

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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 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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 …

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Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark

Tekin, Erdal; Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise; Greve, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper examines whether nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal development impair an individual’s labor market productivity later in life. We consider intrauterine exposure to the month of Ramadan as a natural experiment that might cause shocks to the inflow of...

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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure

Tekin, Erdal; Cesur, Resul; Ulker, Aydogan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Natural gas has emerged as an increasingly attractive source of energy since it is highly efficient, abundant, and cleaner than any other fossil fuel. In this paper, we examine the impact of widespread adoption of natural gas as a source of fuel on infant mortality in Turkey, using variation...

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