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The effect of superstition on health : evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost month
Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-lun; Liu, Jin-tan - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983181
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The effect of superstition on health : evidence from the Taiwanese ghost month
Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-lun; Liu, Jan-tan - 2019
for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964836
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The effect of superstition on health : evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost month
Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-Lun; Liu, Jin-tan - 2019
for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956918
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The effect of superstition on health: Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost month
Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-Lun; Liu, Jin-tan - 2019
for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140925
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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568812
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Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? : joint child custody laws affect not only divorced families but intact families as well
Halla, Martin - 2015
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically since the 1970s. Traditionally, one parent - usually the mother - was assigned sole custody of the child. Today, many divorced parents continue to share parental rights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345865
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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345876
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Parental response to early human capital shocks : evidence from the Chernobyl accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346051
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Parental response to early human capital shocks : evidence from the Chernobyl accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238369