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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019

In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...

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Disease and fertility : evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic in Sweden

Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Ivets, Maryna; Karlsson, Martin; … - 2017

This paper studies the effect of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …

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The long shadows of past insults : intergenerational transmission of health over 130 years

Andreella, Claudia; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2016

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose-built administrative dataset on individuals born in Sweden between 1930-34 and their parents, we study the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of health and the impact of previous...

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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger? : the impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic on economic performance in Sweden

Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; Pichler, Stefan - 2012

We study the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on economic performance in Sweden. The pandemic was one of the severest and deadliest pandemics in human history, but it has hitherto received only scant attention in the economic literature - despite important implications for modern-day...

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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2017

We estimate impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention trialled in Sweden in the early 1930s using purposively digitised birth registers linked to school catalogues, census files and tax records to generate longitudinal microdata that track individuals through five stages of the...

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Osteuropäische Transformation, EU-Integrationsdynamik und Perspektiven der Osterweiterung

Welfens, Paul J. J.; Wagener, Hans-Jürgen - In: Europäische Integration als ordnungspolitische …, (pp. 151-191). 1998

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