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Perturbed nuptiality, delayed fertility : childbirth effects of Covid19
Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Muhammad Rashid - 2021
An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct … fertility effects of peo- ple getting the virus may be minor, the impact of delayed marriages due to the first preventive … lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till …
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marriage and childbirth : survey-based evidence from Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fischer, Sven - 2023
COVID-19 pandemic on marriage and childbirth in Iran. The results of the empirical investigation using logistic regressions … suggest that the experience of unemployment due to the pandemic is positively associated with marriage during the pandemic and … the experience of losing a close relative or family member is negatively associated with marriage. In addition, concern …
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Unpacking global shocks
Graziano, Alejandro G.; Tian, Yuan - 2024
Economy-wide shocks affect demand, supply, and intermediary sectors simultaneously. We dissect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade by combining information from customs records, smartphone-based human mobility, and container ship port calls. We find that local disruptions...
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International Trade, Female Labor, and Entrepreneurship in MENA Countries
Contessi, Silvio - 2014
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries stand out in international comparisons of de jure obstacles to female employment and entrepreneurship. These obstacles manifest themselves in low rates of female labor participation, entrepreneurship, and ownership. Recent research suggests a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065113
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Trading Places : Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic shocks helps to facilitate local labor market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine the role that immigration may have played in enabling U.S. commuting...
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the … divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the … divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738835
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Long-run impacts of in-utero Ramadan exposure: evidence from administrative tax records
Cejka, Timotej; Waseem, Mazhar - 2022
Using Ramadan fasting as a natural experiment, we estimate the long-run impacts of in-utero health and nutrition shocks on adult outcomes. We exploit administrative tax return data comprising the universe of income tax returns filed in Pakistan during 2007–2009. The data allow us to link...
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Essays on labor and family economics in China
Lei, Lei - 2020
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A case study on trade liberalization : Argentina in the 1990s
Beker, Víctor A. - 2012
The link between trade and wages is embodied in the Stolper-Samuelson theorem and its generalizations. The Stolper-Samuelson logic is that trade affects relative factor rewards by changing relative prices. Since in Argentina non-skilled labor was neither as abundant a factor as land nor as...
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