The Millennium Bub

How much do non-medical factors affect the timing of conceptions, births and deaths? To test this, we estimate the effect of the millennium on conceptions, births and deaths. With a highly flexible empirical specification, we find large and significant increases in conceptions and births, and suggestive evidence of an effect on deaths.

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Year of publication:	2006-08
Authors:	Gans, Joshua S. ; Leigh, Andrew
Institutions:	Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics
Subject:	conceptions \| births \| deaths \| timing \| millennium

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 531
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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