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From shame to game in one hundred years: an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269515
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Parental job loss and infant health
Lindo, Jason M. - 2010
explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers and also the … first to consider whether there are any harmful effects for children who are not yet born when the separation occurs. I use … displacements on children's birth weights. These data allow for an identification strategy that essentially compares the outcomes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275702
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COVID-19 and the Future of US Fertility: What Can We Learn from Google?
Wilde, Joshua; Chen, Wei; Lohmann, Sophie - 2020
We use data from Google Trends to predict the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on future births in the United States. First, we show that periods of above-normal search volume for Google keywords relating to conception and pregnancy in US states are associated with higher numbers of births in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322575
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More Goals, Fewer Babies? On National Teams' Performance and Birth Rates
Fumarco, Luca; Principe, Francesco - 2021
Does national team performance boost birth rates? We compiled a unique dataset combining country-level monthly birth rates for 50 European countries, along 56 years, with measures of national teams' performance in 27 international football events. We find that an increase in national teams'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597594
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543264
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329078
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Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
Lindo, Jason M.; Schaller, Jessamyn; Hansen, Benjamin - 2013
Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319478
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Have Girls Been Left behind during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing
Mendolia, Silvia; Suziedelyte, Agne; Zhu, Anna - 2021
Using data from the UK, we show that girls have been affected more than boys by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with previous findings of larger pandemic effects on mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658244
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War during Childhood: The Long Run Effects of Warfare on Health
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2017
in adulthood among these wartime children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744519
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Parental Job Loss and Infant Health
Lindo, Jason M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers and also the … first to consider whether there are any harmful effects for children who are not yet born when the separation occurs. I use … displacements on children's birth weights. These data allow for an identification strategy that essentially compares the outcomes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678678