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Child-specific son preference, birth order and cognitive skills in early childhood
Ebert, Cara; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2019
We propose an innovative child-specific measure of son preference. It allows to explicitly address birth order and sex composition effects. We first establish that, when using this child-specific measure, son preference is more common among later born children and in families with fewer sons. We...
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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
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Entitled to property : how breaking the gender barrier improves child health in India
Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023
Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...
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Gender differences in adolescents' socioemotional development and their later economic consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471323
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Gender Differences in Adolescents' Socioemotional Development and Their Later Economic Consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296540
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Gender Differences in Adolescents' Socioemotional Development and Their Later Economic Consequences
Azmat, Ghazala; Kaufmann, Katja Maria; Özdemir, Yasemin - 2022
We exploit a large exogenous shock to study socioemotional development (SED) during adolescence and the consequences on … relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240562
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Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind
Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561763
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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287686
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"Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries: A Gender Perspective"
Antonopoulos, Rania - Levy Economics Institute - 2013
opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011141204
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Expanding social protection in developing countries: A gender perspective
Antonopoulos, Rania - 2013
opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318669