for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

cause of death with parents' labour market outcomes, health outcomes, marital status, and subsequent fertility. We exploit …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

become mothers and of women eventually attaining a completed fertility of zero. We document that these groups' satisfaction …

In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In … addition to demonstrating an up to 23% increase in the fertility of tertiary-educated women, I find a positive, statistically …

I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in …- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both … experiments and different meth- ods of estimation. Furthermore, with regard to the expenditure on health services, I get that only …

Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of 'women and children first …

very old (75+). We also study excess-mortality conditional on the mode of OAC. Three forms of publicly provided OAC are … mortality among cohabitants with home-help services, while it is higher among cohabitants with special accommodation. Our …