falling family size contributed significantly to improving child health between 1886 and 1938. Between 1906 and 1938 these …

falling family size contributed significantly to improving child health between 1886 and 1938. Between 1906 and 1938 these …

their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of … ages. Our evidence suggests that the causal effect of being a child of a teen mother is much smaller than that implied by … negative selection of fathers of children born to teen mothers plays an important role in producing inferior child outcomes …

levels of illegal trafficking of girls and abnormal child sex ratios in favor of boys. In this paper we examine if a skewed … states from 1980-2011, we find that 100 unit increase in child sex ratio is associated with 0.635% increase in illegal … state. We find that association between child sex ratio and illegal trafficking of girls is stronger and larger in magnitude …

reduced the likelihood that program beneficiaries would have a child due to better labor market opportunities for women and …