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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes
Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018
Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881325
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When Dad Can Stay Home : Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health
Persson, Petra - 2019
While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868794
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When dad can stay home : fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health
Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019
While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021762
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When dad can stay home : fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health
Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019
While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022434
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Violence While in Utero : The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes
Currie, Janet - 2018
Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914346
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Temperature, climate change, and fertility
Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2021
This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of temperature and climate change on human pregnancies. The focus is on the quasi-experimental studies that use panel data, apply a fixed effect approach, and exploit the random year-to-year fluctuation in temperature. The insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590781
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When dad can stay home: Fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health
Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019
While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145508
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The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2022
We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid after childbirth. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041389
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The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2020
We investigated the effects of the timing of early prenatal care on infant health by exploiting a reform that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid after childbirth. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316059
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Extreme weather events and child height : evidence from Mongolia
Groppo, Valeria; Schindler, Kati - 2014
We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the … significantly slowed the growth trajectory of exposed children from herding households. This negative effect is still observable … and mitigation channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. Wealthier households and households led by a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400730