Research has found that season of birth is associated with later health and professional outcomes; what drives this association remains unclear. In this paper we consider a new explanation: that children born at different times in the year are conceived by women with different socioeconomic...

Observers have argued about whether highly-educated women are opting out of their careers and for families. If so, it is natural to expect fertility to increase and, insofar as children are associated with lower employment, further declines in employment. This paper provides a comprehensive...

Mental health disorders in adolescence are pervasive, often carry into adulthood, and appear to be inversely associated with social status. We examine how structural aspects of neighborhood context, specifically, socioeconomic stratification and racial/ethnic segregation, affect adolescent...

This paper is focused on two issues. Firstly, to what extent can we explain the observed mortality decline and secondly, can we attribute the observed chinese advantage to demographic or behavioural factors?

Using data form a nationally representative sample of more than 12,000births, this study assesses infant and child mortality differences in Cameroon by residence area, mother's education, ethnicity, marital status and union type, religion and inteplay of those factorson differentials mortality.

Using factor analysis, ordinary least squares estimation, and maximum-likelihood ordered probit estimation, we examine the relationship between the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods and their supply of licansed childcare. We find that supply of licensed childcare in Massachusetts is...

Fertility and child mortality are supposed to have a two-way relationship. First, woment who experience more child deaths go on to bear more children compared to women whose children survive. Second, the risk of children ying is higher among women who have been pregnant more times. Using a unit...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of financial capital markets in influencing demand for children in developing countries. As such it is also important to consider their contributions to current utility through child labour. The incorporation of this aspect provides an alternative...

Cet essai consiste, dans un premier temps, a circonscrire le champ et a definir les principaux concepts lies au chomage chez les jeunes par rapport a l'ensemble des theories sociologiques sur le travail. L'analyse des trois principaux modes d'acces a l'emploi, positionnes a l'interieur des...

En dehors des effets des contrats a duree determinee (CDD) sur le niveau d'emploi des jeunes, il importe d'en evaluer les consequences sur la qualite de la relation d'emploi. Cette evaluaton est menee sous une angle a la fois theorique et empirique. Dans un premier temps, nous developpons un...