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The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2022
We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid after childbirth. Applying a...
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The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor); Falk, Armin (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712501
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The effect of a first child on female labor supply : evidence from women seeking fertility services
Cristia, Julian P. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 43 (2008) 3, pp. 487-510
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739487
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Promoting school readiness in Oklahoma : an evaluation of Tulsa's pre-K program
Gormley, William T.; Gayer, Ted - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 40 (2005) 3, pp. 533-558
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Parents' desire to make equal inter vivos transfers
Halvorsen, Elin (contributor);  … - 2008
to the child or the children with greatest needs. When parents are drawn between these two ambitions, the degree of … income compensation should be stronger in one-child families and we expect the altruism motive to dominate the equal division …
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What explains fertility? : evidence from Italian pension reforms
Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2009
Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as "consumptionʺ vs. "investmentʺ good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850326
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Why wait? : the effect of marriage and childbearing on the wages of men and women
Loughran, David S.; Zissimopoulos, Julie M. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 44 (2009) 2, pp. 326-349
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Health and civil war in rural Burundi
Bundervoet, Tom; Verwimp, Philip; Akresh, Richard - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 44 (2009) 2, pp. 536-563
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Cognitive development among young children in Ecuador : the roles of wealth, health and parenting
Paxson, Christian; Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 42 (2007) 1, pp. 49-84
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When is the local average treatment close to the average? : evidence from fertility and labor supply
Ebenstein, Avraham - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 44 (2009) 4, pp. 955-975
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