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Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344852
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Children's endowment, schooling, and work in Ethiopia
Dendir, Seife - 2013
I investigate the relationship between children's endowment and parental investment using a rich dataset on a cohort of children from Ethiopia, who were surveyed at ages eight, twelve and fifteen. Children's endowment is measured by scores on tests of cognitive skills/ability. A child's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009791728
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Fertility and Economic Instability: The Role of Unemployment and Job Displacement
Bono, Emilia Del; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294869
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Symposium on Child Development and Parental Investment : Introduction
Francesconi, Marco - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989824
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Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009241472
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The effects of two influential early childhood interventions on health and healthy behaviors
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo - 2015
This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308448
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The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors
Conti, Gabriella - 2015
This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016236
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Estimating Causal Effects of Fertility on Life Course Outcomes : Evidence Using A Dyadic Genetic Instrumental Variable Approach
Zheng, Boyan; Lu, Qiongshi; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The causal effects of fertility are a central focus in the social sciences, but the analysis is challenged by the … endogeneity of fertility choices. Earlier work has proposed several "natural experiments" from twin births or gender composition … rare (twins) and weak (gender composition) instrumental variables for fertility. This paper proposes a new "natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226152
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War and stature: Growing up during the Nigerian civil war
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282297
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War and stature : growing up during the Nigerian civil war
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523516