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Berman, Eli - 2000

intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be self-selected on fertility. Soviet Jews who migrate to Israel despite high migration …. Selection on altruism can explain why historically immigrant-absorbing countries like the U.S. have higher fertility than other …

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Income-distribution Dynamics with Endogenous Fertility

Kremer, Michael - 2000

access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the fertility …

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Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences : Exploiting a Natural Experiment

Hotz, V. Joseph - 1999

In this paper, we exploit a 'natural experiment' associated with human reproduction to identify the effect of teen childbearing on subsequent educational attainment, family structure, labor market outcomes and financial self-sufficiency. In particular, we exploit the fact that a substantial...

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Unequal at Birth : A Long-Term Comparison of Income and Birth Weight

Costa, Dora L. - 1999

I demonstrate that although socioeconomic differences in birth weight have always been" fairly small in the United States, they have narrowed since the beginning of this century. I argue" that maternal height, and therefore the mother's nutritional status during her growing years accounted for...

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Innovation Fertility and Patent Design

Hopenhayn, Hugo A. - 1999

fertility of an innovation in generating more innovations cannot be observed. The menu of patent scope can be implemented with … mandated buyout fees. Evidence of heterogeneous fertility and patent obsolescence, keys to the model, are presented using …

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The Missing Baby Bust : The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy, and Childbirth among Low-Income Women

Bailey, Martha J.; Bart, Lea J.; Lang, Vanessa Wanner - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Multiple episodes in U.S. history demonstrate that birth rates fall in response to recessions. However, the 2020 COVID-19 recession differed from earlier periods in that employment and access to contraception and abortion fell, as reproductive health centers across the country temporarily closed...

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Minimum Wages and Teenage Childbearing : New Estimates Using a Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Approach

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J.; Margolit, Rebecca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The minimum wage is increasingly viewed as an important tool for improving public health outcomes, including reducing childbearing among teenagers. Taken at face value, recently reported estimates suggest that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour could reduce the number of teenage...

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Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom

Kim, Scott Daewon; Moser, Petra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

How do children affect women in science? We investigate this question using rich biographical data, linked with patents and publications, for 83,000 American scientists in 1956 at the height of the baby boom. Our analyses reveal a unique life-cycle pattern of productivity for mothers. While...

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The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates Since the Great Recession

Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Levine, Phillip B.; Pardue, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper documents a set of facts about the dramatic decline in birth rates in the United States between 2007 and 2020 and explores possible explanations. The overall reduction in the birth rate reflects declines across many groups of women, including women who differ by race and ethnicity,...

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Partisan Fertility and Presidential Elections

Dahl, Gordon B.; Lu, Runjing; Mullins, William - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

have a child. Republican-leaning counties experience a sharp and persistent increase in fertility relative to Democratic … group targeted by Trump, see fertility fall relative to non-Hispanics, especially compared to rural or evangelical whites …. Further, following Trump pre-election campaign visits, relative Hispanic fertility declines …

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