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The effect of children on female labor force participation in urban Iran
Azimi, Ebrahim - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 5, pp. 1-11
exploit sex composition of children as an exogenous source of variation in family size to account for endogeneity of fertility … with one and more, two and more, and three and more children, I find no significant effect of fertility on female labor …
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Born this way : the effect of an unexpected child benefit at birth on longer-term educational outcomes
Sánchez-Coll, Sergi - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 105-141
Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to …
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Children having children : early motherhood and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, M.; Favara, Marta - In: Journal of population economics : international … 36 (2023) 3, pp. 1573-1606
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2014
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that...
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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities
Del Boca, Daniela - 2015
The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children can significantly increase cognitive outcomes in the short and long term and contribute to success later in life. One of the most important of these inputs is maternal time....
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Three empirical essays on the long-run consequences of early-life living conditions
Neelsen, Sven - 2012
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Maternal health and the baby boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 225-269
Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
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The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement
Hull, Marie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 10, pp. 1-20
In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use. Specifically, I take a model of academic achievement commonly used in the test score literature, and I augment...
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Female education and its impact on fertility : the relationship is more complex than one may think
Jungho Kim - 2016
The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434163
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Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? : joint child custody laws affect not only divorced families but intact families as well
Halla, Martin - 2015
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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