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The causal effect of the great recession on childlessness of white American women
Comolli, Chiara Ludovica; Bernardi, Fabrizio - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-24
Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
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The causal effect of the great recession on childlessness of white American women
Comolli, Chiara Ludovica; Bernardi, Fabrizio - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-24
Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428605
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The reproductive context of cohabitation in comparative perspective
Sweeney, Megan; Castro-Martín, Teresa; Mills, Melinda - In: Demographic Research 32 (2015) 5, pp. 147-182
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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
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Leibnitz integral rule and its application to the business firm's longevity problem
Gander, James P. - 2020
The paper takes the Leibnitz Integral Rule (LIR) under variable integration limits and demonstrates how it can be applied to a business firm's dynamic problem of determining its optimum level of investment activity, when the longevity (life span) of the investment is itself a variable determined...
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Unemployment and mortality : evidence from the PSID
Halliday, Timothy - 2013
county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline … with higher mortality risk for working-aged men. In particular, we show that a one percentage point increase in the … unemployment rate increases their mortality hazard by 6%. There is little to no such relationship for people with weaker labor …
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Effects of Restrictive Abortion Legislation on Cohort Mortality Evidence from 19th Century Law Variation
Lahey, Joanna; Wanamaker, Marianne H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
frequently. These mortality effects diminish with age, potentially reversing at older ages as a result of disease immunity or …
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Toxified to the Bone : Early-Life and Childhood Exposure to Lead and Men's Old-Age Mortality
Fletcher, Jason; Noghanibehambari, Hamid - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
's development. Yet little is known about long-run effects of lead exposure during early-life on old-age mortality outcomes. This …
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Representative time use data and calibration of the American time use studies 1965 - 1999
Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning - 2006
Valid and reliable individual time use data in connection with an appriate set of socio-economic background variables are essential elements of an empirical foundation and evaluation of existing time use theories and for the search of new empirical-based hypotheses about individual behavior....
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The Diploma Mill : Impact of the Failing United States Economy on the Quality of Higher Education
McFayden, Elgie - 2009
In recent years, universities, particularly state funded institutions have seen revenues reduced by as much as 20 percent. This decline in revenues has forced colleges and universities of all sizes to adopt creative cost reduction and revenue generating practices. Colleges and universities have...
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