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sex diagnosis ; ultrasound ; gender ; India ; triple difference estimator ; differences in differences …
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Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … higher socioeconomic status on mortality might be canceled out by a gender role equalization effect for women due to the …
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Gender inequalities in mortality/life expectancy have been a major area of research in the social sciences since the … shed some light on two related questions: (i) Which socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality? (ii) Are …) we find that the gender gap is negatively associated with higher average net income, a higher educational level, a higher …
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investigates whether a gender earnings difference can also be observed in a health care system predominantly financed by public … Austrian province between 2000 and 2004, we find a gender gap in average earnings of about 32 percent. A substantial share of … discrimination as one possible explanation for the observed gender earn- ings difference of physicians. …
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whether a gender earnings difference can also be observed in a health care system predominantly financed by public insurance … between 2000 and 2004, we find a gender gap in average earnings of about 32 percent. A substantial share of this gap (20 to 47 … explanation for the observed gender earnings difference of physicians. -- Health care financing ; physician earnings ; wage …
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This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively affects the employment prospects of obese women...
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This paper profiles the sick leave landscape in the US – the only industrialized country without universal access to paid sick leave or other forms of paid leave. We exploit the 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), a representative and comprehensive database on sick...
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This paper presents the first estimates of the causal effect of facilities for prenatal sex diagnosis on the sex ratio at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births. Treated births are those that occur after prenatal sex...
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The most affected part of the world by HIV/AIDS is Sub-Sahara Africa where two-thirds of all people with HIV/AIDS are living. Ethiopia, as one of the Sub-Saharan countries, is one of the most severely afflicted countries by HIV/AIDS in the world. In Ethiopia, HIV/AIDS is more wide spread in...
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In this paper we empirically assess the impact of the deployment of Uber on the incidence of drunk-driving fatal traffic accidents and fatalities in Chile. Based on observational data about accidents and the fact that Uber entered first the Metropolitan Region (Santiago), we are able to exploit...
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