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The Intergenerational Consequences of Economic Distress : In-Utero Exposure to Financial Crises and Birth Outcomes
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
fertility, abortion, and neonatal mortality are more common during an economic downturn, and play a significant role in …
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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016
growth. By contrast, male health improvements delay the transition and take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533051
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
, male health improvements delay the transition and the take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility. According to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309090
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
, male health improvements delay the transition and the take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility. According to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294100
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Access to the emergency contraceptive pill improves women's health : evidence from Chile
Clarke, Damian; Salinas Ulloa, Viviana - 2020
We examine the sharp expansion in availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in Chile following legalized access through municipal public health-care centres. Combining a number of administrative datasets on health outcomes and pharmaceutical use, and using difference-in-difference and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201441
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Can Expanding Contraceptive Access Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes?
Flynn, James - 2023
$4.3 million per year. These results suggest that giving lower-income women the means to control their fertility has the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357996
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Measuring equality of opportunity in early childhood : a methodological proposal using demographic and health surveys
Andersen, Lykke E.; Griffin, Augustus; Krause, Justus J.; … - 2017
There is conceptually a big difference between inequality of opportunity and inequality of outcomes, and the policies needed to address the two different kinds of inequality are also very different. However, it is difficult to measure inequality of opportunity. This paper proposes a new measure...
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Health consequences of sterilizations
De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Dumas, Christelle - 2017
One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
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Does health influence fertility?
Syse, Astri; Dommermuth, Lars; Hart, Rannveig K. - 2020
participation in the labor market and potentially affect preferences. Still, health remains remarkably understudied as a fertility … determinant. We explore the association between health and fertility, using uptake of doctor-certified sickness absences and long …/or changes in the health-fertility association have contributed to the distinct fall in the total fertility rate in Norway since …
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