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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581624
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Did the Great Recession affect sex ratios at birth for groups with a son preference?
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2017
This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference - Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625388
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Household savings and marriage payments : evidence from dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845475
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Girls and boys : economic crisis, fertility, and birth outcomes
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2018
We investigate the impact of an economic downturn on natality and birthweight for newborns when parents prefer sons. We examine South Korea, unexpectedly hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. For identification, we exploit regional and time variation in the crisis, focusing on women who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863857
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Short- and long-run effects of a sizable child subsidy : evidence from Russia
Sorvachev, Ilia; Jakovlev, Evgenij - 2020
This paper utilizes a large-scale natural experiment aimed at increasing fertility in Russia. Motivated by a decade …-long decrease in fertility and population, the Russian government introduced a sequence of sizable child subsidies (called Maternity … Capitals) in 2007 and 2012. We find that the Maternity Capital resulted in a significant increase in fertility both in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180338
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2017
headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731996
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Economic conditions, parental employment and health of newborns
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Paul, Alexander Gabriel; … - 2018
possible selective fertility based on labor market conditions. We find that downturns are beneficial; for example, a one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798225
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Mothers at work: how mandating paid maternity leave affects employment, earnings and fertility
Girsberger, Esther Mirjam; Hassani-Nezhad, Lena; … - 2021
child, as well as on their subsequent fertility by exploiting unique, rich administrative data in a difference … all dissipate by five years after birth. The mandate instead persistently increased subsequent fertility: affected women … greater early child care availability experienced a larger increase in subsequent fertility following the mandate, suggesting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596346
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Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children?
Lockwood, Ben; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2022
Are 'green' environmental concerns - about climate change, biodiversity, pollution - deterring today's citizens from having children? This paper, which we believe to be the first of its kind, reports preliminary evidence consistent with that increasingly discussed hypothesis. Our study has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414750
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Social change
Greenwood, Jeremy (contributor); Guner, Nezih (contributor) - 2008
A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...
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