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The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition: Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France
Daudin, Guillaume; Franck, Raphaël; Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494317
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Prussia Disaggregated: The Demography of its Universe of Localities in 1871
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco - 2020
, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … it is in villages and manors. Finally, a larger share of Jews is associated with lower fertility in towns, which is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207874
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The declines in infant mortality and fertility: Evidence from British cities in demographic transition
Newell, Andrew T.; Gazeley, Ian - 2012
female labour market participation, which is in turn related to fertility reduction. Lastly we find that more rapid urban … growth accelerates fertility decline, but, in late 19th century Britain it slowed the reduction of infant mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289991
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The Declines in Infant Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from British Cities in Demographic Transition
Newell, Andrew T.; Gazeley, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
female labour market participation, which is in turn related to fertility reduction. Lastly we find that more rapid urban … growth accelerates fertility decline, but, in late 19th century Britain it slowed the reduction of infant mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575481
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The Household Budget Survey in Western Europe, 1795-1965
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew T. - 2018
1960s. We have compiled the first historical bibliography of household budget surveys in Western Europe and, using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873433
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Inequality among European Working Households, 1890-1960
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew T.; … - 2018
households in Western Europe, 1890-1960. To do this we exploit data extracted from a large number of newly digitised household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816627
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The Impact of Early Childbearing on Schooling and Cognitive Skills among Young Women in Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Female secondary school attendance has recently increased in Sub-Saharan Africa and so has the risk of becoming pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women's human capital. We instrument early pregnancy with the young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401638
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333315
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - 2000
framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural … favourable indirect repercussions on the nutritional status of children. Both types of policies discourage fertility. Income re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262340
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Does cash for school influence young women's behavior in the longer term? Evidence from Pakistan
Alam, Andaleeb; Baez, Javier E.; Del Carpio, Ximena - 2011
productivity, consumption, inter-generational human capital accumulation and desired fertility. Lastly, there is no evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278667