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The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting findings … of recent empirical research, we develop a portfolio model that captures the potential trade-off between "quantity" and … "quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is …
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This paper studies the effect of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …
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We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...
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. This is not explained by differential fertility by social class over the cycle. Ability itself, as measured at age 10 …
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This paper studies the effect of the 1918–19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …
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This paper studies the effect of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic on fertility using a historical dataset from Sweden …. Our results suggest an immediate reduction in fertility driven by morbidity, and additional behavioral effects driven by … mortality. We find some evidence of community rebuilding and replacement fertility, but the net long-term effect is fertility …
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I investigate the effects of declining mortality on economic growth in a model with endogenous fertility and human … steady states and reduced child mortality can cause economically significant changes in parents' fertility and schooling …
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This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic …
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This paper examines the relationship between fertility and human capital investment and its implications for economic …
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