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"Sex in marriage is a divine gift"? : evidence on the quantity-quality trade-off from the Manila contraceptive ban

Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 33 (2019) 1, pp. 259-285

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On the family origins of human capital formation: evidence from donor children

Lundborg, Petter; Plug, Erik J. S.; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2021

We introduce a novel strategy to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital, net of genetic skill transfers. For this purpose, we use unique data on children conceived through sperm and egg donation in IVF treatments in Denmark. Because the assignment of donors is not selective,...

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Less is More? : the child quantity-quality trade-off in early 20th century England and Wales'

Fernihough, Alan - 2017

examines the relationship connecting fertility and child quality for individual families in England and Wales at the start of … the 20th century. Using data from the 1911 census returns, I estimate whether reductions in family size reduce the … probability of leaving school. To account for the endogenous nature of fertility decisions, I use the sex composition of the first …

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Childbearing, marriage and human capital investment

Gray, Jo Anna (contributor); Stockard, Jean (contributor); … - 2006

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Do the perils of universal childcare depend on the child's age? (Families, children and human capital formation)

Kottelenberg, Michael J.; Lehrer, Steven F. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 338-365

The rising participation of women in paid work has not only heightened demand for universal early education and care programs but also led to increased use of childcare amongst children at earlier ages. Prior research investigating Quebec’s universal highly subsidized childcare documented...

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Do family planning programs decrease poverty? : evidence from public census data (families, children and human capital formation)

Bailey, Martha J.; Malkova, Olga; Norling, Johannes - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 312-337

This article provides new evidence that family planning programs are associated with a decrease in the share of … children and adults living in poverty. Our research design exploits the county roll-out of US family planning programs in the … data. We find that cohorts born after federal family planning programs began were less likely to live in poverty in …

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Essays on development economics : families, child human capital, and migration

Farfán, Gabriela - 2014

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On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation : Evidence from Donor Children

Lundborg, Petter; Plug, Erik; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2022

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Human capital investments and family size in Italy : iv estimates using twin births as an instrument

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 24 (2024) 2, pp. 425-461

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Schooling, family background, and adoption : is it nature or is it nurture?

Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001

When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we...

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