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Parental investment and the intergenerational transmission of economic preferences
Zumbühl M.A.; Pfann G.A.; Pfann G.A.; Dohmen T.J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economicpreferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. Weexploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the...
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Household size, birth order and child health in Botswana
Mmopelwa, David - 2019
One of the theoretical predictions relating to the family size and birth order effect on child capital is resource dilution hypothesis, according to which large sizes and high child birth order are likely to have negative effects. However, there are arguments that the assumption of a fixed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102357
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Birth order and health of newborns : what can we learn from Danish registry data?
Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Molitor, Ramona - 2015
Research has shown a strong negative correlation between birth order and cognitive test scores, IQ, and educational outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than 1,000,000 children born in Denmark between 1981 and...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
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Divorce and the birth control pill
Marcén, Miriam - 2013
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment … US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral contraceptive methods has a negative impact on divorce. These findings … the state level. Additional analysis, developed to examine whether the impact of subsequent divorce law reforms on divorce …
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Globalization, gender, and the family
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hâle - 2019
This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure because it influences work-life balance. Employing population register data on all births, marriages, and divorces together with employer-employee linked data for Denmark, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031126
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Robots, labor markets, and family behavior
Anelli, Massimo; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2019
regions affected by intense robot penetration experienced a decrease in new marriages, and an increase in both divorce and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140291
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Women's education and family behavior : trends in marriage, divorce and fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest … decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in … marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …
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Household relational contracts for marriage, fertility and divorce
Fahn, Matthias; Rees, Ray - 2011
the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009383572
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Household relational contracts for marriage, fertility and divorce
Fahn, Matthias; Rees, Ray - 2014
the effects of policy variables such as the costs of divorce and post-divorce income payments on the interrelationships … among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010363961