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Reproductive Health Aid : A Delicate Balancing Act

van Dalen, H.P.; Micevska Scharf, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

In this contribution the authors show that development assistance targeting reproductive health overwhelmingly concentrates on HIV/AIDS at the expense of family planning elements. Data on financial contributions disbursed by governments and private foundations are used as collected by the...

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Birth Spacing, Child Survival and Fertility Decisions : Analysis of Causal Mechanismsa

van soest, arthur; Saha, U.R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012

Abstract: We jointly analyze infant mortality, birth spacing, and total fertility of children in a rural area in … estimated models show how fertility and mortality can be reduced by, for example, breaking the causal link that leads to a short … interval after a child has died. Eliminating this effect would reduce fertility and increase birth intervals, resulting in a …

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Did the US Infertility Health Insurance Mandates Affect the Timing of First Birth?

Ohinata, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although the majority of the past literature has studied impacts on older women who are likely to seek treatment, this paper proposes that the mandates may have had a wider impact on the...

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Birth Spacing and Neonatal Mortality in India : Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity

van soest, arthur; Bhalotra, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

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Demographic Transition and Economic Welfare: The Role of Humanitarian Aid

Neanidis, Kyriakos C.; Miller, Stephen M. - Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas - 2012

utility by in-kind aid, which also lowers fertility and augments economic growth. …

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A Cross-National Perspective on Unemployment and First Births

Schmitt, Christian - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2012-08), pp. 303-335

This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from the European Community Household Panel, I apply event history methods to analyze first-birth decisions in France, West Germany, and the UK (1994–2001). The results highlight...

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Employment, partnership and childbearing decisions of German women and men: A simultaneous hazards approach

Niedergesäss, Markus - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper investigates the interrelated dynamics of employment, cohabitation and fertility for German women and men …

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Did Infant Mortality Decline cause Fertility Decline? Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis of Developing Countries

Sharma, Amarendra - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 283-290

The nexus between infant mortality decline and fertility decline has been the subject matter of several theoretical and … mortality in fertility regression, we conclude that the decrease in infant mortality did not result in the observed fertility … presence of declining infant mortality, which led to fertility decline. …

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Quality of demographic data in GGS Wave 1

Vergauwen, Jorik; Wood, Jonas; Wachter, David De; … - In: Demographic Research 32 (2015) 24, pp. 723-774

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Estimating the contribution of mothers of foreign origin to total fertility

Landschoot, Lisa Van; Bavel, Jan Van; Valk, Helga A.G. - In: Demographic Research 30 (2014) 12, pp. 361-376

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