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What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?
Dahl, Gordon B.; Løken, Katrine V.; Mogstad, Magne; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
, parental earnings and participation in the labor market in the short or long run, completed fertility, marriage or divorce. Not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969227
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Spousal Labor Market Effects from Government Health Insurance: Evidence from a Veterans Affairs Expansion
Lahey, Joanna N.; Boyle, Melissa A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Measuring the overall impact of public health insurance receipt is important in an era of increased access to publicly-provided and subsidized insurance. Although government expansion of health insurance to older workers leads to labor supply reductions for recipients, there may be spillover...
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The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India
Jensen, Robert; Oster, Emily - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
and decreases in reported son preference. We also find increases in female school enrollment and decreases in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830943
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Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data
Meng, Xin; Banerjee, Abhijit; Porzio, Tommaso; Qian, Nancy - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
critical for understanding the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. First, we document that parents … perceive children as an important source of old-age support and that, in partial equilibrium (PE), increased fertility lowers … aggregate fertility on household savings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796567
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Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure
Akresh, Richard; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Caruso, German Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of armed conflict on subsequent health outcomes using detailed geographic information on households’ distance from conflict sites—a more accurate measure of conflict exposure— and compares the impact on children exposed in utero versus after birth. The...
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Shocking Behavior : Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations
Bleakley, Hoyt; Ferrie, Joseph P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Does the lack of wealth constrain parents' investments in the human capital of their descendants? We conduct a fifty-year followup of an episode in which such constraints would have been plausibly relaxed by a random allocation of wealth to families. We track descendants of those eligible to win...
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Fertility Decline and Missing Women
Jayachandran, Seema - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
availability of prenatal sex-diagnostic technology, the declining fertility rate is a hypothesized factor. Suppose a couple …. This paper empirically measures the relationship between desired fertility and the sex ratio. Standard survey questions on … fertility preferences ask the respondent her desired number of children of each sex, but people who want larger families have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821911
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005774729
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Child Mortality, Income and Adult Height
Deaton, Angus; Quintana-Domeque, Climent; Bozzoli, Carlos - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We investigate the childhood determinants of adult height in populations, focusing on the respective roles of income and of disease. We develop a model of selection and scarring, in which the early life burden of nutrition and disease is not only responsible for mortality in childhood but also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777292
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049756