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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282290
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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646311
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Family Economics Writ Large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584677
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Did the Great Recession Affect Sex Ratios at Birth for Groups with a Son Preference?
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653345
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Household Savings and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873468
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Girls and Boys: Economic Crisis, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873535
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Marital Fertility and Religion : Recent Changes in Spain
Adsera, Alicia - 2004
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262142
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Child care and parental leave in the Nordic countries: a model to aspire to?
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Smith, Nina; Verner, Mette - 2006
The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267401
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2004
and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275026
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The role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States: a review of the recent literature
Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2008
, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation and dissolution; and fertility. The paper also comments on the growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275047