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Setting the scene: The mix of family policy objectives and packages across the OECD

Adema, Willem - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 3, pp. 487-498

Although changing in shape and form, families remain the cornerstone of society. Across the OECD Public policy supports families, but across countries the balance of underlying policy objectives can be different. For example, in some countries, family policy is largely driven by concerns about...

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Occupation and Fertility on the Frontier: Evidence from the State of Utah

Maloney, Thomas N.; Hanson, Heidi; Smith, Ken R. - Department of Economics, University of Utah - 2013

The United States in the 19th century was marked by initially quite high fertility levels but also by the onset of a … relatively early and steep decline in fertility. Most of what we know about these patterns in the US comes from aggregate … (typically county or state level) data. We provide new, micro-level evidence on patterns of fertility change in the US in the …

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Influence of Valentine’s Day and Halloween on Birth Timing

Levy, Becca R.; Chung, Pil H.; Slade, Martin D. - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 8, pp. 1246-1248

It is known that cultural representations, in the form of stereotypes, can influence functional health. We predicted that the influence of cultural representations, in the form of salient holidays, would extend to birth timing. On Valentine’s Day, which conveys positive symbolism, there was a...

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The scientist and the church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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Moral Behavior in Stock Markets: Islamic finance and socially responsible investment

Pitluck, Aaron Z. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper addresses the puzzle of why the inclusion of non-financial social justice or religious criteria by professional fund managers has been so popular in Malaysia and yet has had to date relatively little influence in the United States stock market. Drawing from over 125 ethnographic...

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Raising Canadian Living Standards: A Framework for Analysis

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 23-40

The living standards in Canada, defined as real GDP per capita, declined relative to those in the United States in the 1990s. A key challenge facing Canadians is the reversal of this situation. In this article, Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards develops a framework...

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The mismatch between employment and child care in Italy: the impact of rationing

Boca, Daniela Del; Vuri, Daniela - In: Journal of Population Economics 20 (2007) 4, pp. 805-832

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Perelli-Harris, Brienna - In: European Journal of Population 30 (2014) 4, pp. 437-464

first birth. Using harmonized union and fertility histories from surveys in 15 countries, this study examines second … matter to fertility as much as the act of marrying itself. Copyright The Author(s) 2014 …

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Perceptions of susceptibility to pregnancy among U.S. women obtaining abortions

Frohwirth, Lori; Moore, Ann M.; Maniaci, Renata - In: Social Science & Medicine 99 (2013) C, pp. 18-26

More than half (52%) of unintended pregnancies in the United States (U.S.) occur among the 10.7% of women using no contraceptive method. We interviewed a sample of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. in 2008 (n = 49) and explored their attitudes toward and beliefs about their risk of...

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Participation and Fertility Behavior of Italian Women: The Role of Market Rigidities

Boca, Daniela del - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 1999

of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and reductions in fertility. In Italy, as well as in other … participation of married women. We analyze a model of labor supply and fertility, using panel data from the Bank of Italy which have …

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