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The effect of superstition on health : evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost month

Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-Lun; Liu, Jin-tan - 2019

for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

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Forecast of population size and demographic burden in Russia up to 2100

Yumaguzin, V. V.; Vinnik, M. V. - In: Studies on Russian economic development 33 (2022) 4, pp. 422-431

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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023

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Childbearing history, later life health, and mortality in Germany

Hank, Karsten - 2010

and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with … biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male … breadwinner" model of specialisation appears to have buffered the stresses associated with childrearing, whereas fertility off the …

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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey

Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …

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Returns to childbirth technologies : evidence from preterm births

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2013

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...

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China's demographic transition : a quantitative analysis

Yin, Yongkun - 2022

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The career costs of children's health shocks

Breivik, Anne-Lise; Costa-Ramón, Ana - 2022 - Revised version, February 2022

We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the causal effect, we leverage long panels of high-quality Finnish and Norwegian administrative data and exploit variation in the timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing...

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Cohort component population estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920 : a new county-level dataset for use in historical demography

Colvin, Christopher L.; McLaughlin, Eoin; Richmond, … - 2021

combines the population estimates discussed here with mortality statistics from the Spanish flu pandemic in order to …

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