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The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) requirements can affect teen fertility rates through changes in alcohol … intensity. Using micro-level data, I find that a decrease in the MLDA increases the probability of unwanted first pregnancy … evidence that the individual eligibility status at the time of first pregnancy rather than the state MLDA might affect …
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This article is devoted to investigation current demographic policy in Russia impact on fertility of different … cognitive and emotional aspects of fertility behaviour (to give birth the next child). One of the important results of this …
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We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
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This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefit scheme on fertility. I …
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We consider a bargaining model in which husband and wife decide on the allocation of time and disposable income. Since her bargaining power would go down otherwise more strongly, the wife agrees to have a child only if the husband also leaves the labor market for a while. The daddy months...
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We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
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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 …
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of a cash-for-care (CFC) policy introduced in Norway in 1998, and compare the fertility behaviour of eligible and … a slower progression to both second and third births, and short term fertility is hence lower in this group. The …
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We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to the UN low-variant projection in Nigeria. For a base case set of parameters …
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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...
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