Showing 1 - 10 of 2,943
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695815
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418621
the Government of India in 2005 to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the country, on fertility decisions … of the first child to estimate the effect of this program on sex selective abortions in India. The paper finds that … surviving children in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107865
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568812
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430730
This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280834
experiment (the effect of boy-boy or girl-girl as the first two children on incremental fertility and mothers’ labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309525
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336637
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345865
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345876