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Baby bumps and abortion drop : unpacking fertility trends during COVID-19 in Germany
Bujard, Martin; Huebener, Mathias - 2024
likely to have stabilized total fertility rates during the crisis; however, the drop in abortions could also have contributed …. Analyses of fertility patterns during crises should pay attention to changes in abortions. …Although abortion trends can be highly informative for understanding fertility reactions amid COVID-19 pandemic, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015125140
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Cooling off or burdened? : the effects of mandatory waiting periods on abortions and births
Myers, Caitlin K. - 2021
waiting periods for abortions, distinguishing between "one- trip" waiting periods that allow counseling and information to be …-trip waiting periods do not have substantial effects on abortions or births. Two-trip waiting periods are estimated to reduce … abortions and delay those that still occur, increasing second trimester abortions by 19.1%, reducing resident abortion rates by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549493
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The macroeconomic consequences of early childhood development policies
Daruich, Diego - 2018
To study long-run large-scale early childhood policies, this paper incorporates early childhood investments into a standard general-equilibrium (GE) heterogeneous-agent overlapping-generations model. After estimating it using US data, we show that an RCT evaluation of a short-run small-scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914356
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Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America
Lustig, Nora; Martinez Pabon, Valentina; Neidhöfer, Guido - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 22 (2023) 1, pp. 96-116
We simulate the short- and long-term distributional consequences of COVID-19 in the four largest Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income inequality and poverty can be very significant, but that additional spending on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333876
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Nowcasting the Impact of Covid-19 on Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Earnings Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022
Using microsimulations, we nowcast the impact of learning losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080091
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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022 - This version: June 2022
Using microsimulations, we nowcast the impact of learning losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275358
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The New Parental Allowance and Parental Leave Act in Germany : Analysis of Potential Effects on the Fertility Rate and the Fertility Structure
2009
the fertility rate, the timing and the spacing of births. First, theoretical models on the interaction between family … policy and the fertility rate are analyzed. In addition, experiences from other European countries are evaluated. It is … concluded that the new legislation is an important step towards a higher fertility rate and a shorter spacing of births, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210996
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
Many governments introduced temporary adjustments to counter the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the importance of already existing government transfers and pandemic measures to mitigate individual income losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013441580
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
Many governments introduced temporary adjustments to counter the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the importance of already existing government transfers and pandemic measures to mitigate individual income losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429242
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
Many governments introduced temporary adjustments to counter the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the importance of already existing government transfers and pandemic measures to mitigate individual income losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013438681