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Health information and health outcomes: An application of the regression discontinuity design to the 1995 UK contraceptive pill scare case
Del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco; Best, Nicky G. - 2011
This paper provides a general formulation of the regression discontinuity (RD) design and applies this method to analyse the effects of the 1995 UK pill scare. We show that in the five months following a health warning on the third generation pill, conception rates rose by more than 7%, abortion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288970
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HIV and fertility in Africa: first evidence from population based surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274407
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HIV and Fertility in Africa: First Evidence from Population Based Surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman’s fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517970
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Economic foundations of contraceptive transitions : theories and a review of the evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
We review the foundations of the economic development-contraception nexus, focusing on the pathways through which … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … development and contraception transitions over time and across geographies. We briefly examine the evidence of the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500602
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Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
We review the foundations of the economic development-contraception nexus, focusing on the pathways through which … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … development and contraception transitions over time and across geographies. We briefly examine the evidence of the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296633
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Cutting fertility? The effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016 - First version: May 2, 2016
fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458585
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Cutting fertility? : the effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016
fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458811
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Cutting fertility : the effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016
fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472167
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Cutting fertility? : the effect of Cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply
Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - 2016 - First version: May 2, 2016
fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483199
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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016 - This version: 10th June 2016
This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks of gestation on the quantity and quality of births in the short run. We employ a differences-in-differences approach, a comprehensive administrative register of births and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486110