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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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Fertility transitions in developing countries : convergence, timing, and causes
Papagni, Erasmo - 2018
This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950ñ 2015 and investigates the … determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sulís (2007) test to fertility rates provides … those not transitioning. The estimation of the year of onset of the fertility transition is followed by an econometric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130580
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Fertility and Early-Life Mortality : Evidence from Smallpox Vaccination in Sweden
Ager, Philipp; Hansen, Casper Worm; Jensen, Peter S. - 2015
introduction of the smallpox vaccine in Sweden to identify the causal effect of early-life mortality on fertility. Our analysis … on net fertility and population growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014143582
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Demographic Trends in Developing Countries: Convergence or Divergence Processes?
Salvini, Maria Silvana; Gabrielli, Giuseppe; Paterno, Anna - Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni … - 2015
Recent years are characterized by both a rise in life expectancy and a further fall in fertility in the developing … aim of our research is to analyze the trends of specific demographic parameters regarding mortality and fertility, jointly … prevail or if marked differences persist. As the paths of mortality and fertility in fact differ deeply over space and time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240714
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337077
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The Value of Socialized Medicine : The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015025
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Too long a sacrifice? : maternal mortality in Northern Ireland during the first half of the 20th century
Pozzi, Lucia; Kennedy, Liam - 2020
The pioneering medical statistician, William Farr, commented in 1875 on the lack of improvement in maternal mortality in England and wondered: How long is this sacrifice of lives to go on? The same question might have been posed, perhaps even more sharply, in relation to the neighbouring island...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240639
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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228782
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Excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness among status Indians in Canada
Akee, Randall; Feir, Donna - 2016
In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594689