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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999865
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Land Access and Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Southern Ethiopia
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
land scarcity. Our econometric analyses show that youth from families with larger land holding are less likely to choose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260202
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With strings attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labor market outcomes
García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that women in Germany, residing close to parents or in-laws are more likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651388
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Does Growing Up in a High Crime Neighborhood Affect Youth Criminal Behavior?
Damm, Anna Piil; Dustmann, Christian - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 6, pp. 1806-32
This paper investigates the effect of early exposure to neighborhood crime on subsequent criminal behavior of youth exploiting a unique natural experiment between 1986 and 1998 when refugee immigrants to Denmark were assigned to neighborhoods quasi-randomly. We find strong evidence that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815647
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Some Socio-Economic Effects of Labour Migration on the Sending Country. Evidence from Romania
Roman, Monica; Voicu, Cristina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
was about 7 billion euros in 2007. There is also a social impact particularly on the lives of migrant families. The most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550569
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Urbanization, Mortality, and Fertility in Malthusian England
Clark, Gregory; Cummins, Neil - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 242-47
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999845
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With strings attached: Grandparent-provided child care and female labor market outcomes
García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to other forms of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor force participation of women positively. However, grandparent-provided child care requires residing close to parents or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113376
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Achieving Escape Velocity: Neighborhood and School Interventions to Reduce Persistent Inequality
Fryer, Roland G.; Katz, Lawrence F. - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 232-37
-run outcomes of children growing up in poor families. We focus on studies exploiting exogenous sources of variation in … neighborhoods and schools and which examine at least medium-term outcomes. Higher-quality neighborhoods improve family safety, adult … market outcomes, or risky behaviors. In contrast, higher-quality schools can improve children's academic achievement and can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659402
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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey
Kirdar, Murat; Dayioglu, Meltem; Koc, Ismet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years—which increased the 8th grade completion rate for women by 30 percentage points—on marriage and birth outcomes of teenage women in Turkey. We find that increased compulsory schooling years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258654
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A causal analysis of mother’s education on birth inequalities
Bacci, Silvia; Bartolucci, Francesco; Pieroni, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We propose a causal analysis of the mother’s educational level on the health status of the newborn, in terms of gestational weeks and weight. The analysis is based on a finite mixture structural equation model, the parameters of which have a causal interpretation. The model is applied to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258923