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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice
Angrist, Joshua D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
estimate the effect of child-bearing on economic and marital outcomes. The application is motivated by American welfare reform … childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more tenuous. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822860
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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice
Angrist, Joshua - Econometric Society - 2004
to estimate the effect of child-bearing on marital status, poverty status, and welfare receipt for the population of … mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by American welfare reform, which penalizes further … childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that additional childbearing makes continued poverty and welfare receipt more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328944
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Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments
Mogstad, M.; Wiswall, M. - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 2, pp. 186-189
This paper shows that instrumental variables estimators currently in use, require strong but neglected auxiliary assumptions to be consistent in situations with partially missing instruments. We introduce an alternative instrumental variables estimator that does not require auxiliary assumptions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010572211
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822574
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P; Siedler, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498067
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The Robustness of Cohort Effects in Age Period Tables
Stone, Joe A. - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2009
This paper clarifies and provides additional tests presented in the age-period-cohort analysis of nonmarital birth rates in Gray, O'Brien, Stockard, and Stone(forthcoming). Where Martin (forthcoming) has suggested specific alternative specifications or interpretations of our findings, we have...
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Valori familiari, scelte economiche e welfare
Lucifora, Claudio - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2013
Il ruolo dei valori familiari nel determinare gli esiti economici e sociali è molto dibattuta all’interno delle scienze sociali. Un filone della letteratura individua nei legami familiari un freno allo sviluppo economico e alla diffusione di valori civici all’interno dei membri di una...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010819048
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Childbearing, Marriage and Human Capital Investment
Gray, Jo Anna; Stockard, Jean; Stone, Joe - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2006
This paper proposes and tests a simple joint explanation for i) increases in marital and nonmarital birth rates in the United States over recent decades, ii) the dramatic rise in the share of nonmarital births, and iii) the pronounced racial differences in the timing of childbearing. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464101
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Poverty and Disability among Indian Elderly: Evidence from Household Survey
Pandey, Manoj K. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
The paper examines the association between marital status and self-reported health status of Indian adults. A nationally representative cross-sectional data surveyed by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in 2004 is used. Results confirm linkages between marital status and health and show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004983372
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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice
Angrist, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
economic and marital outcomes for mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by welfare reform, which … penalizes further childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that more children make continued poverty and welfare receipt … consequence of additional childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720734