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World War II, the baby boom and employment : county level evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518072
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World War II, the baby boom and employment: county level evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519248
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Nuns and the effects of Catholic schools : evidence from Vatican II
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea - 2013
This paper examines the causal effects of Catholic schooling on educational attainment. Using a novel instrumental-variable approach that exploits an exogenous shock to the Catholic school system, we show that the positive correlation between Catholic schooling and student outcomes is explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221564
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Height and cognitive function among older Europeans : do people from "tall" countries have superior cognitive abilities?
Guven, Cahit; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011
Previous research has found that height is correlated with cognitive functioning at older ages. It therefore makes … shorter people, such as Italy and Spain. We exploit variations in height trends due to nutritional deprivation in World War II … in Europe and use an instrumental variable analysis to further estimate the potential impact of height on cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523499
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Height and Cognitive Function Among Older Europeans : Do People from 'Tall' Countries Have Superior Cognitive Abilities?
Guven, Cahit - 2012
Previous research has found that height is correlated with cognitive functioning at older ages. It therefore makes … shorter people, such as Italy and Spain. We exploit variations in height trends due to nutritional deprivation in World War II … in Europe and use an instrumental variable analysis to further estimate the potential impact of height on cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113094
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Is there a fertility paradox in Denmark?
Lauridsen, Jørgen - 2015
Alike most of the Western world, the Danish fertility rate declined throughout the 20th century simultaneous to economic growth. This development, which conflicts with economic intuition, has been denoted the fertility paradox, and several studies have been devoted to resolve it. The present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485183
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Small-Area Variation of Fertility Rates
Lauridsen, Jorgen - 2017
Alike most of the Western world, the Danish fertility rate declined throughout the 20th century simultaneous to economic growth. This development, which conflicts with economic intuition, has been denoted the fertility paradox, and several studies have been devoted to resolve it. The present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954827
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Was Higher Education a Major Channel Through Which the US Became an Economic Superpower in the 20th Century?
Cook, Adam - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where “human capital” is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916982
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881092
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the United States (US) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804538