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Dynamics and stagnation in the Malthusian epoch

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2011

"This paper examines the central hypothesis of the influential Malthusian theory, according to which improvements in the technological environment during the pre-industrial era had generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading to a larger, but not significantly richer,...

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Grandpa and the Snapper: the Wellbeing of the Elderly who Live with Children

Deaton, Angus; Stone, Arthur A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

fertility rates are higher, the elderly do not appear to have lower life evaluations when they live with children; such living …

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New Evidence on the Causal Link Between the Quantity and Quality of Children

Angrist, Joshua; Lavy, Victor Chaim; Schlosser, Analia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

look at the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of …

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Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia

Miller, Grant - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

countries reduce fertility or improve socio-economic outcomes. Despite suggestive associations, disagreement persists because … independently later in life. Although family planning explains only about 10% of Colombia%u2019s fertility decline, it appears to … have reduced the otherwise substantial costs of fertility control and may be among the most effective development …

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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing Before Roe v Wade

Lang, Kevin; Weinstein, Russell - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Using data from three cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth, we investigate whether there were adverse consequences of teenage childbearing in the 1950s and 1960s, when most abortions were illegal, and access to the pill was limited. We find negative effects of teen motherhood on the...

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