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The effect of skill level on the timing of childbearing and number of children
Alders, Peter - 1998
This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number ofchildren. Higher skilled women have less disutility of labor and have relatively lessutility of raising children. Motherhood has a negative effect on the accumulation ofhuman capital by learning-by-doing and...
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Trade-offs between different early childhood interventions : evidence from Ecuador
Rosero, José; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
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On the effectiveness of child care centers in promoting child development in Ecuador
Rosero, José - 2012
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Moral barriers to birth control access : how the pill changed Dutch women's lives - when religion did not get in the way
Marie, Olivier; Zwiers, Esmée S. - 2021
fertility among minor women, aged 21 or younger, for whom access restrictions were most drastically lifted. We then evaluate how … examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …
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The effect of Sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015 - This version: May 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
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A bit of salt a trace of life : gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2020 - Current version: Tuesday 8th September, 2020
This paper examines the effects of a massive salt iodization program on human capital formation of school-aged children in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the...
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Spillovers in childbearing decisions and fertility transitions : evidence from China
Rossi, Pauline; Xiao, Yun - 2020
This article uses China's family planning policies to quantify and explain spillovers in fertility decisions. We test … whether ethnic minorities decreased their fertility in response to the policies, although only the majority ethnic group, the …-specific fertility levels to construct a measure of the negative shock to Han fertility. Combining this measure with variation in the …
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
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Prolonged worklife among grandfathers : spillover effects on grandchildren's educational outcomes
Been, Jim; Gielen, Anne C.; Knoef, Marike; Moroni, Gloria - 2022
Recent policies aiming to prolong worklives have increased older males' labor supply. Yet, little is known about their intergenerational effects. Using unique Dutch administrative data covering three consecutive generations, this paper studies the impact of increased grandfathers' labor supply...
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The impact of financial education for youth in Ghana
Berry, James; Karlan, Dean; Pradhan, Menno - 2015
We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only offered financial education. Both programs included a...
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