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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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We study how prenatal maternal stress, caused by sustained seismic activity, affects birth outcomes in Chile during the period 2011-2015. A mother-fixed-effect model together with the spatiotemporal variation of earthquakes in Chile allow us to deal with identification issues that have obscured...
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fertility preferences with women’s, and correcting women’s beliefs about pregnancy risk absent contraception have the potential …
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at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …
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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 …
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This study explores the impact of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes. The study focuses on the effect of breathable particulate matter with diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10) on the likelihood of premature birth and low birth weight (LBW). The study exploits the fact that in 2011 the...
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We investigate the role of grandparental childcare for fertility decisions of their offspring. Exploiting pension … completed fertility for many cohorts in our data. Consistent with our interpretation, we show that results are limited to the … of changes of living arrangements and labor supply. Given the Italian lowest low fertility, we conclude that pension …
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fertility. As male education remains unchanged by the reforms, later life education reduces the pre-existing gender earnings gap …
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fertility and transfers dampen intergenerational mobility. To evaluate the quantitative importance of this mechanism, we extend … fertility, family transfers, and education. The model, estimated to the US in the 2000s, implies that a counterfactual flat … income-fertility profile would-through the equalization of initial conditions-increase intergenerational mobility by 6%. The …
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This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950-2015 and investigates the determinants … of the onset of fertility transitions. We find evidence of convergence in three groups of countries, and distinguish the … transitioning countries from those not transitioning. The estimation of the year of onset of the fertility transition is followed by …
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