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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
more pronounced impacts among infants and the elderly, and a moderate reduction in the birth rates, primarily among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337077
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The Value of Socialized Medicine : The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul - 2015
more pronounced impacts among infants and the elderly, and a moderate reduction in the birth rates, primarily among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015025
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The Effect of Child Endowment on Fertility Choices
Lavy, Victor; Nussbaum, Yeshaya - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
predictions using Israeli data on intellectually gifted and intellectually disabled children. Because families with an exceptional …Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … predicts that a positive (negative) shock to child endowment increases (decreases) parental demand for children. We test these …
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A decomposition of the black-white differential in birth outcomes
Pitts, M. Melinda; Walker, Mary Beth; Armour, Brian S. - 2011
Substantial racial disparities continue to persist in the prevalence of preterm births and lowbirth-weight births. Health policy aimed at reducing these disparities could be better targeted if the differences in birth outcomes are better understood. This study decomposes these racial disparities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008909058
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Did the Great Recession Affect Sex Ratios at Birth for Groups with a Son Preference?
Lee, Soohyung - 2017
This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference – Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960272
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Girls and Boys : Economic Crisis, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes
Lee, Soohyung - 2018
We investigate the impact of an economic downturn on natality and birthweight for newborns when parents prefer sons. We examine South Korea, unexpectedly hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. For identification, we exploit regional and time variation in the crisis, focusing on women who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918229
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The Asian Games, Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes in South China : An Instrumental Variable Approach
Liu, Xiaoying; Miao, Huazhang; Behrman, Jere; Hannum, Emily - 2021
We estimate the causal effects of air pollution exposure on low birthweight, birth-weight, and prematurity risk in South China, for all expectant mothers and by maternal age group and child sex. We do so by exploiting exogenous improvement in air quality during the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221199
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Did the Great Recession affect sex ratios at birth for groups with a son preference?
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2017
This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference - Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625388
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Girls and boys : economic crisis, fertility, and birth outcomes
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2018
We investigate the impact of an economic downturn on natality and birthweight for newborns when parents prefer sons. We examine South Korea, unexpectedly hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. For identification, we exploit regional and time variation in the crisis, focusing on women who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863857
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Economic conditions, parental employment and health of newborns
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Paul, Alexander Gabriel; … - 2018
We examine whether economic downturns are beneficial to health outcomes of newborn infants in developed countries. For this we use merged population-wide registers on health and economic and demographic variables, including the national medical birth register and intergenerational link registers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798225