In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...

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...

Using administrative panel data of health insurants, we estimate the effects of low birth weight on health service utilization among children and young adults between birth and 21 years old. To account for time-invariant heterogeneity of mothers, we use sibling fixed- effects estimation. We find...