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Health, Disability & Parental Interests : Adopting a Contextual Approach in the Reproductive Torts
Priaulx, Nicolette M. - 2006
Illustrating the limitations of the notion that caring for a disabled child is harmful and sufficiently distinctive from the (judicially viewed harmless) experience of caring for non-disabled children, this article takes issue with the differential outcomes of the reproductive torts where...
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Impacts of Childhood Disability on Family : Labor, Marriage, Fertility, and Depression
Chen, Kuan-Ming; Lin, Ming‐Jen; Lo, Wei-Lun - 2023
study various outcomes, including parents' labor supply, mental health, marital status, and fertility. We find that having a …%. We also find a significant decrease in long-run fertility. These effects are larger for parents with worse socioeconomic …
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The long-term impact of children's disabilities on families
Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson; Herdis Steingrimsdottir - 2019
the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally …
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Impact of child health and disability on subsequent maternal fertility
Wehby, George L.; Hockenberry, Jason M. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 15 (2017) 3, pp. 995-1016
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"The dust was long in settling" : human capital and the lasting impact of the American Dust Bowl
Arthi, Vellore - In: The journal of economic history 78 (2018) 1, pp. 196-230
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The Effect of Teen Childbearing and Single Parenthood on Childhood Disabilities and Progress in School
Angrist, Joshua D. - 1996
be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special disability and grade repetition questions from the school enrollment supplement to the 1992 Current Population Survey to estimate the effect of maternal age and single...
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The Effect of Child Endowment on Fertility Choices
Lavy, Victor; Nussbaum, Yeshaya - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … estimate the effect of her birth on further fertility. We find that the birth of a gifted child increases family size. However … endowment as an important factor in determining fertility choices …
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Children living with disabilities and mother's labor supply in developing countries : evidence from Argentina
Carella, Laura; Velázquez, Cecilia; Porto, Natalia; … - 2024 - This version: February 2024
A child’s disability increases childcare demands causing two opposing effects on the mother’s labor supply: while some types of disability require additional time spent reducing labor supply, othersrequire additional expenses increasing labor supply. This paper studies the effect of a...
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The Effect of Teen Childbearing and Single Parenthood on Childhood Disabilities and Progress in School
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2021
be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special disability and grade repetition questions from the school enrollment supplement to the 1992 Current Population Survey to estimate the effect of maternal age and single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227887
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Employment status and educational attainment among disabled Ghanaians
Afoakwah, Clifford; Dauda, Fatima - 2016
People with disabilities in Ghana and other developing economies are discriminated against in many fundamental elements of human empowerment such as education and employment. While some employers are unwilling to hire, the educational systems do not provide enabling environment for a good...
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