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Can family-planning programs "cause" a significant fertility decline in countries characterized by very low levels of socioeconomic development? : New evidence from Bangladesh base...
Masih, Abdul Mansur M. - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 19 (1997) 4, pp. 441-468
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The dynamics of asymmetry among fertility, income inequality and financial development in Bangladesh
Husain, Humaira - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
influence on the fertility rate in the long run. Therefore, in Bangladesh old age security hypothesis does not hold in the long …This research studies the extent of asymmetric responses of general fertility rate with financial development and … income inequality in Bangladesh utilizing annual data from 1984-2019. We employ both linear and non- linear autoregressive …
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Monthly estimates of the quantum of fertility : towards a fertility monitoring system in Austria
Sobotka, Tomáš; Winkler-Dworak, Maria; Testa, Maria Rita - 2005
Short-term variations in fertility and seasonal patterns of childbearing have been of interest to demographers for a … long time. Presenting our detailed study of period fertility in Austria since 1984, we discuss the problems and advantages … of constructing and analysing various period fertility indicators that reflect real exposure and potentially minimise the …
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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad - 2014
beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
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Does early-life health enhance growth? : evidence from Spain
Blázquez-Fernández, C.; Cantarero-Prieto, D.; Pérez, … - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 10/12, pp. 860-864
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Education and labor market activity of women : an age-group specific empirical analysis
Münch, Claudia; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009
We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...
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From local to global : external validity in a fertility natural experiment
Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Pop-Eleches, Christian; Samii, Cyrus - 2015
experiment (the effect of boy-boy or girl-girl as the first two children on incremental fertility and mothers’ labor force …
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From local to global : external validity in a fertility natural experiment
Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Pop-Eleches, Christian; Samii, Cyrus - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336637
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When is the best time to give birth?
Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Pamminger, Christoph; … - 2014
Using Bayesian Markov chain clustering analysis we investigate career paths of Austrian women after their first birth. This data-driven method allows characterizing long-term career paths of mothers over up to 19 years by transitions between parental leave, non-employment and different forms of...
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