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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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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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Immigrant Labor, Child-Care Services, and the Work-Fertility Trade-Off in the United States
Furtado, Delia; Hock, Heinrich - 2021
The negative correlation between female employment and fertility in industrialized nations has weakened since the 1960s …-skilled immigration has driven down wages in the US child-care sector. More affordable child-care has, in turn, increased the fertility of …, immigrant-led declines in the price of child-care has reduced the extent of role incompatibility between fertility and work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325151
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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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Immigrant labor, child care services, and the work fertility trade-off in the United States
Furtado, Delia (contributor); Hock, Heinrich (contributor) - 2008
The negative correlation between female employment and fertility in industrialized nations has weakened since the 1960s …-skilled immigration has driven down wages in the US child-care sector. More affordable child-care has, in turn, increased the fertility of …, immigrant-led declines in the price of child-care has reduced the extent of role incompatibility between fertility and work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719621
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … find that the policies exacerbated the motherhood penalty in labor market outcomes and that they affected fertility choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437042
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Fathers' Leave, Fathers' Involvement and Child Development: Are They Related? Evidence from Four OECD Countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277045
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Fathers' leave, fathers' involvement and child development : are they related? ; evidence from four OECD countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767952
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Business, bankruptcy, and beliefs : the financial demise of NBA stars
Henry, Ruby - 2013
The financial troubles of professional athletes are an ongoing topic of intrigue. In general, the zealousness brought to private equity schemes are a common factor in observed financial insolvency. Considering the behavioral attribute of self-confidence I propose a simple model which explains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717804
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - 2004
Most private giving between living generations takes the form of "tied" transfers, such as help with housing downpayments. We argue that parents provide help with downpayments in order to encourage the production of grandchildren, and that such a subsidization emanates from the "demonstration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728981