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Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658043
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Gene‐Environment Effects on Female Fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000567
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333315
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
Anukriti, S - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352324
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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/10011559699
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Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and … independently from fertility decline. Finally, we assess the state and quality of evidence of these relationships and propose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296633
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Sterilization Policy with Incomplete Information: Peru 1995-2000
Rendon, Silvio - 2020
In this research I investigate what percentage of female sterilizations performed in Peru from 1993 to 2000 were done providing adequate information to their users for a free decision about their adoption. I use data from ENDES/DHS 2000, which contains detailed information about contraceptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497760
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Sterilization Policy with Incomplete Information in Peru: Does History Repeat Itself?
Jiménez, Bruno; Rendon, Silvio - 2020
We contrast the socio-demographic profiles and degree of information received by women that were sterilized with women that used other contraceptive methods. We use data from the 2016 round of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Peru and compare these profiles with those of the 2000s,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497764
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TRAP'd Teens: Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education
Jones, Kelly M.; Pineda-Torres, Mayra - 2021
affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882413
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Two Sides of the Same Pill? Fertility Control and Mental Health Effects of the Contraceptive Pill
Valder, Franziska - 2022
. These mental health effects counteract the fertility control effect of the pill on labor market outcomes and are associated … with limitations at work and more disability periods. The analysis also shows that the fertility control effect of the pill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202296