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Does unemployment worsen babies' health? : a tale of siblings, maternal behaviour and selection
De Cao, Elisabetta; McCormick, Barry; Nicodemo, Catia - 2019
We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate across local areas in England, and comparing siblings born to the same mother via family fixed effects. Using rich individual data from hospital administrative records between 2003...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099571
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Behavioral response of non-resident parents to child support obligations : evidence from SOEP
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
cohabiting with a new partner or on hours spent with children entitled to child support. There is only weak evidence of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106101
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472164
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486016
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475183
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473714
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Analysis of twins
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2022
The occurrence of twin births has been widely used as a natural experiment. With a focus upon the use of twin births for identification of causal effects in economics, this chapter provides a critical review of methods and results.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414378
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807504
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814782
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However … caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993689