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Cutting fertility? The effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply

Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …

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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay

Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016

This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks of gestation on the quantity and quality of births in the short run. We employ a differences-in-differences approach, a comprehensive administrative register of births and a...

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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF policy

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2023

and an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first comprehensive evaluation of SET. This is relevant given the …

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Cesarean Sections for High-Risk Births: Health, Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes

Mühlrad, Hanna - 2018

—to study the causal effect of C-sections on child health and on the health, fertility and labor market responses for mothers … impact on maternal health, future fertility or maternal labor market outcomes. …

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When does improving health raise GDP?

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Lester, Ashley; Weil, David N. - 2008

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...

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A dynamic theory of fidelity networks with an application to the spread of HIV/AIDS

Pongou, Roland; Serrano, Roberto - 2009

We study the dynamic stability of fidelity networks, which are networks that form in a mating economy of agents of two types (say men and women), where each agent desires direct links with opposite type agents, while engaging in multiple partnerships is considered an act of infidelity....

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Long-Run Effects of Childhood Shocks on Health in Late Adulthood: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe

Halmdienst, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2013

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life-course approach and data from SHARE we estimate direct and indirect effects of shocks like relocation, dispossession, or hunger on health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a...

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Birth weight and family status revisited: evidence from Austrian register data

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2011

In this paper, we study the socio-economic determinants of birth weight with a focus on the mother's family status. We use Austrian birth register data covering all births between 1984 and 2007 and find that a mother's marriage is associated with a higher birth weight of the newborn in a range...

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Violence and birth outcomes: Evidence from homicides in Brazil

Foureaux Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2015

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of...

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Parental unemployment and child health

Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - 2014

We analyze to what extent health outcomes of Swedish children are worse among children whose parents become unemployed. To this end we combine Swedish hospitalization data for 1992-2007 for children 3-18 years of age with register data on parental unemployment. We find that children with...

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