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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: evidence from a Swedish IVF policy mandate
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2022
health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804260
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to instrument fertility will tend to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594542
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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054653
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The twin instrument : fertility and human capital investment
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However …, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that fertility has limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925159
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
instrument fertility will under-estimate impacts of fertility on parental investments and women's labour supply. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577906
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Religion and abortion : the role of politician identity
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Lakshmi Iyer - 2018
(religious) aversion to abortion among Muslims. These districts exhibit increases in fertility that offset the decrease in girl …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795503
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Twin birth and maternal condition
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
implies that estimates of impacts of fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to … instrument fertility will tend to be downward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that these relationships are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896677
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth : evidence from a Swedish IVF policy
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2023
and an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first comprehensive evaluation of SET. This is relevant given the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014342131
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Analysis of twins
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2022
The occurrence of twin births has been widely used as a natural experiment. With a focus upon the use of twin births for identification of causal effects in economics, this chapter provides a critical review of methods and results.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414378