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"Momma's Got the Pill": How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped US Childbearing
Bailey, Martha J. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 98-129
The 1960s ushered in a new era in US demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and … this transition. Almost 50 years after the contraceptive pill appeared on the US market, this analysis provides new … evidence that it accelerated the post-1960 decline in marital fertility. (JEL J12, J13, K10, N31, N32) …
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Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior In and Out of Marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595560
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of … - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595561
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Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior In and Out of Marriage?
Böheim, Rene; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department … - 2013
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631446
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America's settling down: How better jobs and falling immigration led to a rise in marriage, 1880–1930
Cvrcek, Tomas - In: Explorations in Economic History 49 (2012) 3, pp. 335-351
The early 20th century was a period of rising marriage rate and falling age at marriage. This was due to two factors affecting men. First, men's improving labor market prospects made them more attractive as marriage partners. Second, immigration had a dynamic effect on search costs. In the...
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The Effect of Historically Black Colleges on Wages of Black Students: an Analysis by Gender.
Constantine, J.M. - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 1998
This study considers the effect of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on wages of black students. A model is developed to estimate reduced form wages equations conditioned on the decision to attend a four year HBCU, non-HBCU or no four year institution. Models are...
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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
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Early Life Health and Cognitive Function in Old Age
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 104-09
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Revolution in U.S. Fertility, Schooling and Women's Work, 1875-1940: Assessing Proposed Explanations
Cinyabuguma, Matthias; Lord, Bill; Viauroux, Christelle - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2012
This paper addresses revolutionary changes in the education, fertility and market work of U.S. families formed in the … 1870s-1920s: Fertility fell from 5.3 to 2.6; the graduation rate of their children increased from 7 to 50 percent; and the … provision of schooling cannot, individually or in combination, reduce fertility or increase stocks of human capital to levels …
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