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Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Yang, Jingjing - 2018

There have been significant changes in both the fertility rates and fertility perception since 1970s. In this paper, we … examine the relationship between government policies towards fertility and the fertility trends. Total fertility rate, defined … as the number of children per woman, is used as the main fertility trend variable. We use panel data from the United …

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The unintended consequences of relaxing birth quotas : theory and evidence

Jin, Zhangfeng; Pan, Shiyuan; Zheng, Zhijie - 2021

of the policy is more pronounced among couples who have higher fertility preferences and who are less sensitive to child …

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The impact of targeted regulation of abortion providers laws on abortions and births

Arnold, Grace E. - 2022

This paper analyzes the impact of supply-side abortion restrictions on aggregate abortion and birth rates in the United States. Specifically, I exploit state and time variation in the implementation of the first targeted regulation of abortion provider (TRAP) law in a state to identify the...

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Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States, 1960-2020

Myers, Caitlin K. - 2022

An expansive empirical literature estimates the causal effects of policies governing young women's confidential and legal access to contraception and abortion. I present a new review of changes in the historical policy environment in the United States that serve as the foundation of this work. I...

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Does paid family leave save infant lives? : evidence from United States

Chen, Feng - 2021

One goal of the paid family leave (PFL) is to help working mothers balance their careers and family responsibilities and hence improve the well-being of their infants. However, most studies of PFL on early childhood outcomes have been based on the analyses of surviving infants. If PFL reduces...

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An impact assessment of ESF training courses for unemployed in the province of Bolzano

Pastore, Francesco; Pompili, Marco - 2022

This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...

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Longer school schedules, childcare and the quality of mothers' employment : evidence from school reform in Chile

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020

Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers' labor force participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the causal...

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The ugly truth about social welfare payments and households' subjective well-being

Adhikari, Tamanna; Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie - 2021

Social welfare payments (SWP) were designed with policy priority to transfer revenue to vulnerable groups, thereby addressing poverty and inequality. Previous studies have shown that SWPs alleviate poverty, but investigating their effect on well-being is sparse. We investigate the relationship...

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China's economic demography transition strategy : a population weighted approach to the economy and policy

Johnston, Lauren A. - 2020

The first pandemic of the 21st century has brought Pyrrhic attention to one of the era's greatest megatrends - population ageing. Today rich countries are disproportionately affected but increasingly the world's elderly are residents of developing countries. In rich and poor countries alike, a...

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If not now, when? : the timing of childbirth and labour market outcomes

Picchio, Matteo; Pigini, Claudia; Staffolani, Stefano; … - 2018

We study the effect of childbirth and its timing on female labour market outcomes in Italy. The impact on yearly labour earnings and participation is traced up to 21 years since school completion by estimating a factor analytic model with dynamic selection into treatments. We find that...

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