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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...

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Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment

Acconcia, Antonio; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Simonelli, Saverio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We estimate the multiplier relying on differences in spending in infrastructure across Italian provinces and an instrument identifying investment changes that are large and exogenous to local cyclical conditions. We derive our instrument from the Law mandating the interruption of public work on...

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More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe

Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological kids and the incidence of...

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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P; Siedler, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

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Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight

del Bono, Emilia; Ermisch, John F; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper estimates a model of dynamic intrahousehold investment behavior which incorporates family fixed effects and child endowment heterogeneity. This framework is applied to large American and British survey data on birth outcomes, with focus on the effects of antenatal parental smoking and...

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Endogenous Fertility Policy

Booth, Alison L; Sepulveda, Facundo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

In this Paper, we study the role of subsidies to fertility in ensuring the political viability of unfunded social security (SS). In our model, agents are heterogeneous in age and income. Young generations confront promises made previously by older generations, and in turn choose current levels...

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Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea

Carneiro, Pedro; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde; Keating, Joseph; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

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Cannabis Use and Its Effects on Health, Education and Labor Market Success

Ours, Jan C van; Williams, Jenny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

an overview of this literature, focusing on studies which seek to establish the causal effect of cannabis use on health …, education and labor market success. We conclude that there do not appear to be serious harmful health effects of moderate … cannabis use. Nevertheless, there is evidence of reduced mental well-being for heavy users who are susceptible to mental health …

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Does Marriage Make You Healthier?

Guner, Nezih; Kulikova, Yuliy; Llull, Joan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

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Does Longevity Cause Growth?

Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the … that longevity and health have had a minor effect, if any, on the transition from stagnation to growth via investment in …

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