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Is there still son preference in the United States?

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2017

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …

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Season of birth and marital outcomes

Oreffice, Sonia - 2014

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship status. For couples, additional analysis considers who...

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Birth order effects in the developed and developing world : evidence from international test scores

Andersen, Dana C.; Güneş, Pinar Mine - 2023

This paper examines the effect of birth order and family size on human capital using a consistent measure of cognitive … that is orthogonal to family size, as well as controlling for student and family covariates, we find negative family size … no evidence of a relationship between birth order effects and the level of development, while the effect of family size …

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The causal effects of the number of children on female employment : do European institutional and gender conditions matter?

Baranowska-Rataj, Anna; Matysiak, Anna - In: Journal of labor research 37 (2016) 3, pp. 343-367

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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...

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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...

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Economic conditions, parental employment and health of newborns

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Paul, Alexander Gabriel; … - 2018

possible selective fertility based on labor market conditions. We find that downturns are beneficial; for example, a one …

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Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children?

Lockwood, Ben; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2022

Are 'green' environmental concerns - about climate change, biodiversity, pollution - deterring today's citizens from having children? This paper, which we believe to be the first of its kind, reports preliminary evidence consistent with that increasingly discussed hypothesis. Our study has a...

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Parental gender preferences in Central and Eastern Europe and differential early life disadvantages

Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika; Wowczko, Izabela - In: Economics of transition and institutional change 32 (2024) 1, pp. 237-263

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Healthy(?), wealthy, and wise : birth order and adult health

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2015

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range...

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