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Subjective expectations and demand for contraception
Miller, Grant; Paula, Áureo de; Valente, Christine - 2021
’ fertility preferences with women’s, and correcting women’s beliefs about pregnancy risk absent contraception have the potential …
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Violence and birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in Brazil
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286512
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Fertility transitions in developing countries : convergence, timing, and causes
Papagni, Erasmo - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136695
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The Long-Term Impact of Children's Disabilities on Families
Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn; Steingrimsdottir, Herdis - 2019
the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142398
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The economic consequences of family policies : lessons from a century of legislation
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596290
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Can financial incentives reduce the baby gap? : evidence from a reform in maternity leave benefits
Raute, Anna - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932529
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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among trendsetters-parents who initiated the firstdose HPV vaccine for their daughters between 2017-2020. Utilizing administrative data from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field...
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Do non-monetary prices target the poor? : evidence from a field experiment in India
Hoffmann, Bridget - 2016
This paper uses willingness to pay (WTP) data from a field experiment in Hyderabad, India in 2013 to determine whether non-monetary prices better target health products to the poor than monetary prices. Monetary WTP is increasing in income and non-monetary WTP is weakly decreasing in income....
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Health systems and health inequalities in Latin America
Bancalari, Antonella; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Buitrago, … - 2023
The present paper outlines measures of disparity in healthcare access and health outcomes, drawing from the standardized metrics introduced in one related study (Bancalari et al., 2023). Beveridge countries seem to be less unequal than Bismarckian countries. Yet, there is no strong pattern in...
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Health inequalities in Latin American and the Caribbean : child, adolescent, reproductive, metabolic syndrome and mental health
Bancalari, Antonella; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Buitrago, … - 2023
last 30 years. Consistent with the fall in fertility and population aging, the region has shifted from a burden of disease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550820