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Did the Great Recession affect sex ratios at birth for groups with a son preference?
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2017
This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference - Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625388
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Refugee resettlement, redistribution and growth
Azarnert, Leonid - 2017
growth model with endogenous fertility. I propose a redistribution scheme and show that refugee resettlement from a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603270
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581624
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Distributive implications of fertility changes in Latin America
Badaracco, Nicolás; Gasparini, Leonardo; Marchionni, … - 2016
Fertility rates significantly fell over the last decades in Latin America. In order to assess the extent to which these … microdata from national household surveys from seven Latin American countries. We find that changes in fertility rates were … fertility implied smaller families and hence larger per capita incomes. Lower fertility also fostered labor force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585250
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585848
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Short- and long-run effects of a sizable child subsidy : evidence from Russia
Sorvachev, Ilia; Jakovlev, Evgenij - 2020
This paper utilizes a large-scale natural experiment aimed at increasing fertility in Russia. Motivated by a decade …-long decrease in fertility and population, the Russian government introduced a sequence of sizable child subsidies (called Maternity … Capitals) in 2007 and 2012. We find that the Maternity Capital resulted in a significant increase in fertility both in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180338
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Economic conditions, parental employment and health of newborns
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Paul, Alexander Gabriel; … - 2018
possible selective fertility based on labor market conditions. We find that downturns are beneficial; for example, a one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798225
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Girls and boys : economic crisis, fertility, and birth outcomes
Lee, Soohyung; Orsini, Chiara - 2018
We investigate the impact of an economic downturn on natality and birthweight for newborns when parents prefer sons. We examine South Korea, unexpectedly hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. For identification, we exploit regional and time variation in the crisis, focusing on women who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863857
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Household savings and marriage payments : evidence from dowry in India
Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2018
-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845475
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Education and labor market activity of women : an age-group specific empirical analysis
Münch, Claudia; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009
We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379383