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The effects of conflict on fertility : evidence from the genocide in Rwanda
Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; … - 2019
This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005503
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014275980
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Early life health interventions and academic achievement
Bharadwaj, Prashant; Løken, Katrine V.; Neilson, … - 2012
This paper studies the effect of improved neonatal health care on mortality and long run academic achievement in school. We use the idea that medical treatments often follow rules of thumb for assigning care to patients, such as the classification of Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW), which assigns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627356
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Early Life Health Interventions and Academic Achievement
Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2012
This paper studies the effect of improved neonatal health care on mortality and long run academic achievement in school. We use the idea that medical treatments often follow rules of thumb for assigning care to patients, such as the classification of Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW), which assigns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099708
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Maternal health and the baby boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 225-269
Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757239
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Wealth, health, and child development : evidence from administrative data on Swedish lottery players
Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - 2015
We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large,virtually free of attrition, and allows us to control for the factors - such as the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494786
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The Impact of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0 7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014350643
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Armed Conflicts, Children's Education and Mortality : New Evidence from Ivory Coast
Ouili, Idrissa - 2015
Among the sub-Saharan African countries, Ivory Coast was recently suffered more than ten years of political instability and absence of peace. Using nationally representative household surveys, I exploit temporal and geographical variations of the 1999-2011 Ivorian political instability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133223
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Health Endowments, Schooling Allocation in the Family, and Longevity : Evidence from US Twins
Savelyev, Peter A. - 2020
We analyze data from the Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR), combined with the Socioeconomic Survey of Twins (SST), and new mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial casual effect of education on health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012852101