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The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility : Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
Dupas, Pascaline; Jayachandran, Seema; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
limited access to contraception is an important driver of high fertility rates in West Africa. We do not find support for this … about family size and contraception, and social pressure. Free contraception did not influence fertility even in combination …
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Family Planning, Now and Later : Infertility Fears and Contraceptive Take-Up
Bau, Natalie; Henning, David J.; Low, Corinne; Millett … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …
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The Fertility Consequences of Air Pollution in China
Gao, Xuwen; Song, Ran; Timmins, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We incorporate pollution exposure into Becker's "Quantity-Quality" (Q-Q) model of fertility and quantify how air … pollution distorts individuals' fertility behaviors in China. We document a robust pattern in which increased pollution over … time negatively affects the fertility of ethnic Han people, who comprise approximately 92% of the Chinese population. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334384
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Dreaming of Leaving the Nest? Immigration Status and the Living Arrangements of DACAmented
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
evidence of a clear impact on fertility …
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Human Capital by Gender : a G20 and Selected Geographies Perspective
Fraumeni, Barbara M.; Liu, Gang; Managi, Shunsuke - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper aims to identify the sources of human capital growth for the observation period 1990-2020 by region, gender and various determinants. It is a preliminary version of a forthcoming Inclusive Wealth Report 2023 (UNESCO and Urban Institute of Kyushu University) report. It focuses on five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468276
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Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers : Experimental Evidence From Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan
Wagner, Zachary; Moucheraud, Corrina; Shah, Manisha; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate disparities. We use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an intervention to reduce family planning provider bias towards young women in 227 clinics in Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287369
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Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals : evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland
Savelieva, Kateryna; Nitsche, Natalie; Berg, Venla; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612997
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Intrahousehold Welfare : Theory and Application to Japanese Data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Meghir, Costas; Okuyama, Yoko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In this paper we develop a novel approach to measuring individual welfare within households, recognizing that individuals may have both different preferences (particularly regarding public consumption) and differential access to resources. We construct a money metric measure of welfare that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635608
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Intergenerational Transfer, Human Capital and Long-term Growth in China under the One Child Policy
Zhu, Xi - 2013
We argue that the demographic changes caused by the one child policy (OCP) may not harm China's long-term growth. This attributes to the higher human capital induced by the intergenerational transfer arrangement under China's poor-functioning formal social security system. Parents raise their...
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Intergenerational Mobility Begins Before Birth
Seshadri, Ananth; Zhou, Anson - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
unintended fertility, we find that intergenerational mobility is significantly lower than that in the standard model. In a policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172190