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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119584
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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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The impact of early childbearing on schooling and cognitive skills among young women in Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Female secondary school attendance has recently increased in Sub-Saharan Africa and so has the risk of becoming pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women's human capital. We instrument early pregnancy with the young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346608
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Assessing the impact of the maternity capital policy in Russia using a dynamic model of fertility and employment
Slonimczyk, Fabián; Jurko, Anna V. - 2013
With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis … model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the … program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204502
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Cutting fertility? : the effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016
fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: evidence from a Swedish IVF policy mandate
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2022
health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804260
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School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes
Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Öckert, Björn - 2021
school entry cut-off give birth at higher age, but total fertility and earnings are unaffected. Being born after the cut …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419210
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Fertility as a driver of maternal employment
Schmieder, Julia - 2020
positive effect of an instrument-induced increase in fertility on maternal employment driven by an increase in informal work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253473
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Parental leave, (in)formal childcare and long-term child outcomes
Danzer, Natalia; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2017
We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
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