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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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fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …
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Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
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Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543264
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 boys...
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-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …
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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...
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Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically …. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior … practicing and non-practicing Catholics, practicing Catholics portray significantly higher fertility during recent years. In the …
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The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates …
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and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …
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