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Effects of Infertility Insurance Mandates on Fertility
Schmidt, Lucie - Economics Department, Williams College - 2005
Infertility currently affects over 6 million individuals in the United States. While most health insurance plans … nationwide do not cover infertility diagnoses or treatments, to date fifteen states have enacted some form of infertility … should not have been affected by infertility coverage. My results suggest that the mandates significantly increase first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544252
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Maternal Socio-Economic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)
Buckles, Kasey - 2017
A rich literature in economics and the social sciences has shown that improvements in women's socio-economic status (SES) can also improve the well-being of their children. This chapter identifies several channels for this effect, drawing on both theoretical and empirical work in economics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653442
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Maternal socio-economic status and the well-being of the next generation(s)
Buckles, Kasey S. - 2017
A rich literature in economics and the social sciences has shown that improvements in women's socio-economic status (SES) can also improve the well-being of their children. This chapter identifies several channels for this effect, drawing on both theoretical and empirical work in economics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641629
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Effects of Infertility Insurance Mandates on Fertility
Lucie, Schmidt - EconWPA - 2005
Infertility currently affects over 6 million individuals in the United States. While most health insurance plans … nationwide do not cover infertility diagnoses or treatments, to date fifteen states have enacted some form of infertility … should not have been affected by infertility coverage. My results suggest that the mandates significantly increase first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125754
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The Double African Paradox: What does selective mortality tell us?
Rouanet, Léa - 2011
We study the relationship between height stature and child mortality in West Africa. This is motivated by two things: understanding the determinants of height, widely used health indicator, and explaining the « double African paradox ». This paradox comes from the fact that Africans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305639
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Welfare Rules, Incentives, and Family Structure
Moffitt, Robert A.; Phelan, Brian J.; Winkler, Anne E. - 2015
In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on the AFDC and TANF programs, we first emphasize that the literature, by and large, has assumed that the rules of those programs make a key distinction between married women and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307340
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Families, time and well-being in Canada
Burton, Peter; Phipps, Shelley - 2010
Using cross-sections of microdata from Surveys of Consumer Finance and Surveys of Labour and Income Dynamics, we document changes in the availability of time and money in Canadian two-parent families between 1971 and 2006 as the paid work hours of mothers have increased. While long hours of paid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335565
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Unterhaltsansprüche und deren Wirklichkeit: Wie groß ist das Problem nicht gezahlten Kindesunterhalts?
Hartmann, Bastian - 2014
Nach der Auflösung einer Partnerschaft bestehen die finanziellen Verflechtungen der ehemaligen Partner meist noch weiter. Dies gilt umso mehr, wenn aus der Partnerschaft Kinder hervor gegangen sind. Dem Kindesunterhalt kommt eine besondere Rolle zu. Trotz seiner sozial- und familienpolitischen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368336
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Developing SOEPsurvey and SOEPservice: The (Near) Future of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Anger, S.; Frick, F.; Goebel, J.; Grabka, M.; … - 2009
Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) ist als multidisziplinäres Haushaltspanel, das Informationen zu allen Personen, die in einem Panel-Haushalt leben, erhebt und damit alle Altersjahrgänge abdeckt, nach 25 Jahren Laufzeit auch zu einer Kohorten- Studie geworden. Der zunehmende Erfolg der...
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Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the US: The effects of the family rewards program in New York City
Miller, Cynthia; Riccio, James; Verma, Nandita; Nuñez, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-29
Family Rewards represents the first test of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the U.S., offering families incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program led to substantial...
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