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Kumo, Kazuhiro; Perugini, Cristiano - 2023

extent they, in turn, materialize into fertility decisions. We also test the hypothesis that exposure to gender … impact of gender beliefs on fertility. Our empirical analysis is based on World Value Survey (WVS) data for five Muslim ex … turn, do not translate into higher fertility in Muslim ex-USSR Republics, while the opposite holds for other Muslim …

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Out-of-partnership births in East and West Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2019

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference...

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How China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" campaign extends life expectancy : a study of intergenerational support for elderly parents

Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Wang, Sophie Xuefei - 2024

Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …

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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern histories, there is no evidence on how it affected the...

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Minding the happiness gap : political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition

Nikolova, Milena - 2015

Along with political and economic changes, the fall of the socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union brought about fundamental institutional reforms. Several studies have examined the causes of the increasing unhappiness which accompanied the transition process,...

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Maternal stress and birth outcomes : evidence from an unexpected earthquake swarm

Menclova, Andrea Kutinova; Stillman, Steven - 2019

We examine the impact of a major earthquake that unexpectedly affected the Canterbury region of New Zealand on a wide-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for observed and unobserved differences between pregnant...

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Grandparents, moms, or dads? why children of teen mothers do worse in life

Aizer, Anna; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2020

Women who give birth as teens have worse subsequent educational and labor market outcomes than women who have first births at older ages. However, previous research has attributed much of these effects to selection rather than a causal effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still...

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Happy people have children : choice and self-selection into parenthood

Cetre, Sophie; Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2016

There is mixed evidence in the existing literature on whether children are associated with greater subjective well-being, with the correlation depending on which countries and populations are considered. We here provide a systematic analysis of this question based on three different datasets:...

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Gender preferences in Central and Eastern Europe as reflected in partnership and fertility outcomes

Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika; Wowczko, Izabela - 2021

The decisions of parents following the birth of their first child concerning subsequent fertility, and the stability of …-International inventory around 2000 and 2010, we examine the effect of the gender of the first-born child(ren) on the fertility and …

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Population decline in Lithuania : who lives in declining regions and who leaves?

Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Ham, Maarten van - 2016

Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than 50% of their residents. Such a sharp population decline poses major challenges to politicians, policy makers and planners. This study aims to get more insight into the recent...

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