Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 297
Cover Image
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041389
Cover Image
The right to effective participation of refugee and migrant children : a critical children’s rights perspective
Rap, Stephanie - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060114
Cover Image
Child physical development in the UK : the imprint of time and socioeconomic status
Apouey, Bénédicte H. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011686285
Cover Image
The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor); Falk, Armin (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712501
Cover Image
Toxic exposure in America : estimating fetal and infant health outcomes
Agarwal, Nikhil; Banternghansa, Chanont; Bui, Linda T. M. - 2009
"We examine the effect of exposure to toxic releases that are tracked by the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) on county-level infant and fetal mortality rates in the United States between 1989-2002. We find significant adverse effects of TRI concentrations on infant mortality rates, but not on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831831
Cover Image
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790974
Cover Image
Family background, school characteristics and children's cognitive achievement in Madagascar
Glick, Peter (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805583
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
I'm not fat, just too short for my weight : family child care and obesity in Germany
Mahler, Philippe - 2007
mother reduces potential child care time in the family. Reduced child care time may have adverse effects on the prevalence of … labor supply of the mother increases the probability for her child to be obese as young adult. This result underlines the … increase in obesity. -- GSOEP ; obesity ; female labor supply ; child care ; sibling estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892445
Cover Image
Hedonic adaptation to living standards and the hidden cost of parental income
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2007
High parental income, while undeniably causing benefits for a child in terms of better access to education and more … favorable labor market outcomes, may at the same time increase a child's income aspirations and thereby reduce financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892454