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Women's enfranchisement and children's education : the long-run impact of the U.S. suffrage movement
Kose, Esra; Kuka, Elira; Shenhav, Na'ama - 2016
While a growing literature has shown that empowering women leads to increased short-term investments in children, little is known about its long-term effects. We investigate the effect of women's political empowerment on children's human capital accumulation by exploiting plausibly exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526692
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The Lasting Effects of Maternal Net Nutrition During US Economic Development
Carson, Scott A. - 2016
When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now … widely-accepted measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century … women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with economic development. This study shows that after controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994194
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The Effect of In Utero Exposure to Asian Flu (1957-58) on Future Earnings
Enami, Ali - 2016
The “fetal origin hypothesis” predicts that the exposure to unfavorable environments early in life negatively affects future health and non-health (e.g. income) outcomes. This paper evaluates this theory by examining the effect of in utero exposure to influenza pandemic of 1957-58, the 2nd...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002051
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Women's Enfranchisement and Children's Education : The Long-Run Impact of the U.S. Suffrage Movement
Kose, Esra - 2016
While a growing literature has shown that empowering women leads to increased short-term investments in children, little is known about its long-term effects. We investigate the effect of women's political empowerment on children's human capital accumulation by exploiting plausibly exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984839
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The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement : Japanese American Incarceration during WWII
Grossman, Daniel; Khalil, Umair; Panza, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a shift in the entire birthweight distribution due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447313
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The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete count 1940 Census to estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling (12 percent) by moving from the South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247933
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Papers, Please! The Effect of Birth Registration on Child Labor and Education in Early 20th Century USA
Fagernäs, Sonja - 2014
A birth certificate establishes a child's legal identity and age, but few quantitative estimates of the significance of birth registration exist. Birth registration laws were enacted by U.S. states in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using 1910-1930 census data, this study finds that minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014180711
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The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2022
This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete-count 1940 Census to estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling (12 percent) by moving from the South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081194
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Historical Origins of a Major Killer : Cardiovascular Disease in the American South
Steckel, Richard H.; Senney, Garrett - 2022
economic transformation from generations of poverty to rapid economic growth in the post-WWII era, exposing many children born …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014135891
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The Great Migration and educational opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2022
This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete-count 1940 Census to estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling (12 percent) by moving from the South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013278874