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Using Swedish population register data on cohorts born 1982-1994 (N=1,087,750), we examine the effects of preterm births on school grades using sibling fixed effect models which compare individuals with their non-preterm siblings. We test for heterogeneous effects by degree of prematurity, as...
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weight and asphyxia, perinatal mortality increases immediately after the onset of WWII. The mortality effect is driven by …
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Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … fertility and female labour market participation, negative until the mid-1970s, has turned positive where developed, but not …
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Using Austrian and Danish administrative data, we examine the impacts of parenthood on mental health. Parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant prescriptions of about 93.2% (Austria) and 64.8% (Denmark). These...
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Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the …
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due to Chinese import competition lead to a move towards family, with higher rates of fertility, parental leave, and …-earning women in their late 30s contribute strongly to the gender difference in fertility because switching to new comparable …
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This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …
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The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...
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preferences related to fertility and mortality, the two basic components of genetic fitness. We specifically select six referenda … related to health and fertility and analyse differences in the proportion of yes votes across municipalities on the two sides … preferences and choices related to individual health and fertility. These findings further suggest that at least one of the two …
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This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that...
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