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Tariffs, social status, and gender in India

Anukriti, S.; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014

higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …

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Parental response to early human capital shocks : evidence from the Chernobyl accident

Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents'...

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The impact of eliminating a child benefit on birth timing and infant health

Borra, Cristina; González, Libertad; Sevilla, Almudena - 2014

We study the effects of the cancellation of a sizeable child benefit in Spain on birth timing and neonatal health. In May 2010, the government announced that a 2,500-euro universal "baby bonus" would stop being paid to babies born on or after January 1st, 2011. We use detailed micro data from...

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When is the best time to give birth?

Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Pamminger, Christoph; … - 2014

Using Bayesian Markov chain clustering analysis we investigate career paths of Austrian women after their first birth. This data-driven method allows characterizing long-term career paths of mothers over up to 19 years by transitions between parental leave, non-employment and different forms of...

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Female self-employment and children : the case of Sweden

Andersson Joona, Pernilla - 2014

Previous studies, mostly from Anglo-Saxon countries, find a positive correlation between the presence of young children in the household and self-employment probabilities among women. This has been seen as an indication of women with young children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing...

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Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women

Heath, Rachel; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2014

We study the effects of explosive growth in the Bangladeshi ready-made garments industry on the lives on Bangladeshi women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to garment sector jobs to women living further away from...

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Pension and the family

Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2014

The effects of pension policies on fertility have been examined in the overlapping generations (OLG) model of unitary … examines how the pension policy affects the endogenous fertility of a bargaining couple who have different lifespans. The … analysis finds out a new channel of pension policy on fertility decisions: an increase in pension size affects fertility not …

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Migration policy, African population growth and global inequality

Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - 2014

fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for …

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The fertility-sex ratio trade-off : unintended consequences of financial incentives

Anukriti, S - 2014

Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …

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Schooling, marriage and age of first birth in Madagascar

Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015

- both own education and that of parents - in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …

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