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The negative correlation between women’s education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women’s education level could affect fertility through its impact on women’s health and …
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The negative correlation between women's education and fertility has been observed across regions and time, although it … is now weaker among high-income countries. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women …
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exploit sex composition of children as an exogenous source of variation in family size to account for endogeneity of fertility … with one and more, two and more, and three and more children, I find no significant effect of fertility on female labor …
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Despite the widely-acknowledged importance of high quality, affordable child care, quantitative research into child care policy in Australia is relatively limited. In this study, recently-released data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 1999 and 2002 Child Care Surveys are used to...
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Early childhood is a critical time for establishing the communication and literacy skills that shape children’s subsequent academic, social and employment opportunities. Debates around the family environments that support children’s optimal development, have focused on mothers’ workforce...
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address the endogeneity of investment in electrification, I use the introduction of a new agricultural technology intensive in … expansion of the electricity network and, ultimately, to quantify the effect of electrification on industrial outcomes. I … present a series of tests to show that the electrification channel remains the most important one among alternative …
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It is often said that the private sector is in a good position to manage project costs and meet deadlines, but not, generally, to fund or finance projects. The underlying argument runs as follows: because the interest rate on government borrowings (the government’s financing cost) is lower...
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