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Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2022
Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084078
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On the Quantity and Quality of Girls : New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments
Anukriti, S - 2016
fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981497
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Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions : Theories and a Review of the Evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and … independently from fertility decline. Finally, we assess the state and quality of evidence of these relationships and propose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262963
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Trap'd Teens : Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education
Jones, Kelly; Pineda-Torres, Mayra - 2022
affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084018
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To Pill or Not to Pill? Access to Emergency Contraception and Contraceptive Behaviour
Nuevo-Chiquero, Ana - 2019
We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile. Using a survey of individuals 15 to 29, we exploit variation in availability at the municipality level as a consequence of legal and judicial decisions in the late 2000s. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894068
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The Oral Contraceptive Pill and Adolescents' Mental Health
Costa-Ramón, Ana; Daysal, N. Meltem; … - 2023
What is the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on the mental health of adolescent girls? Using administrative data from Denmark and exploiting the variation in the timing of pill initiation in an event study design, we find that the likelihood of a depression diagnosis and antidepressant use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346611
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Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth
Black, Sandra E. - 2015
inheritance, there is a substantial role for environment and a much smaller role for genetics. We also examine the role played by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016265
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Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility Among Chinese Immigrants to the Us
Lin, Siyuan; Argys, Laura; Averett, Susan L. - 2023
We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate … to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010 2020), we compare the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346263
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Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition : Long-Term Evidence from India
Nandi, Arindam; Summan, Amit; Ngô, D.; Bloom, David E. - 2022
. Over the long run, reductions in child mortality rates are associated with lower demand for children and fertility rates … Universal Immunization Programme or UIP). We combine data on the district-wise rollout of UIP during 1985–1990 with fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078010
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The Effects of Intrauterine Malnutrition on Birth and Fertility Outcomes : Evidence from the 1974 Bangladesh Famine
Hernández-Julián, Rey - 2013
during the famine. Finally, controlling for pre-famine fertility, we find that women who were pregnant during the Famine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073843