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Did the US Infertility Health Insurance Mandates Affect the Timing of First Birth?
Ohinata, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although the majority of the past literature has studied impacts on older women who are likely to seek treatment, this paper proposes that the mandates may have had a wider impact on the...
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay …-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and … changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that the private fertility choice may not coincide with the social optimum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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A Portfolio Approach to Mortality Shocks and Fertility Choice : Theory and Evidence from Africa
Wang, R.; Zhou, Y.; Bulte, E.H. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
Abstract: The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting …" and "quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is … fertility impacts are conditional on income levels. We use African panel data to test the implications of the model, and find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090612
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Birth Spacing, Child Survival and Fertility Decisions : Analysis of Causal Mechanismsa
van soest, arthur; Saha, U.R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: We jointly analyze infant mortality, birth spacing, and total fertility of children in a rural area in … estimated models show how fertility and mortality can be reduced by, for example, breaking the causal link that leads to a short … interval after a child has died. Eliminating this effect would reduce fertility and increase birth intervals, resulting in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090978
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Birth Spacing and Neonatal Mortality in India : Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity
van soest, arthur; Bhalotra, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092383
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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
van soest, arthur; Bhalotra, S.; Valente, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090835
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The Graying of the Median Voter
Hollanders, D.A.; Koster, F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: Analyzing 30 OECD-countries in 1980-2005, this paper documents the effect of an aging electorate on pension expenditure. The first outcome is that an increase in the age of the median voter leads to less generous pension benefits. The second outcome is that an older median voter is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091705
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Aging Anxiety : Much Ado about Nothing?
Butler, M.; Kirchsteiger, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999
Social security systems in most industrialized countries face severe financial problems due to adverse demographic changes. The increase in old{age dependency, however, will be spread over a period of approximately 50 years. The degree of technological progress necessary to offset the negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092294
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Scale Returns of a Random Matching Model
Kultti, K.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090417
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Labor Tax Reform and Equilibrium Unemployment : A Search and Matching Approach
Heijdra, B.J.; Ligthart, J.E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
The paper studies simple strategies of labor tax reform in a search and matching model of the labor market featuring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090457