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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany

Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...

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Fortunate Families? : The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility

Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We estimate the effects of large, positive wealth shocks on marriage and fertility in a sample of Swedish lottery …'s attractiveness as prospective and current partners. Wealth also increases male fertility. The only discernible effect on female …

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Family Formation and Crime

Massenkoff, Maxim N.; Rose, Evan K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We use administrative data from Washington State to perform a large-scale analysis of the impact of family formation on crime. Our estimates indicate that pregnancy triggers sharp declines in arrests rivaling any known intervention, supporting the view that childbirth is a "turning point" that...

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Dreaming of Leaving the Nest? Immigration Status and the Living Arrangements of DACAmented

Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

evidence of a clear impact on fertility …

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The "College Gap" in Marriage and Children's Family Structure

Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on US Census data, the Current Population Survey, the...

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Economics of the family : marriage, children, and human capital ; a conference report of the National Bureau of Economic Research

Schultz, Theodore William (contributor); … - 1974

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The Effect of Child Endowment on Fertility Choices

Lavy, Victor; Nussbaum, Yeshaya - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … estimate the effect of her birth on further fertility. We find that the birth of a gifted child increases family size. However … endowment as an important factor in determining fertility choices …

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Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences : Exploiting a Natural Experiment

Hotz, V. Joseph - 1999

In this paper, we exploit a 'natural experiment' associated with human reproduction to identify the effect of teen childbearing on subsequent educational attainment, family structure, labor market outcomes and financial self-sufficiency. In particular, we exploit the fact that a substantial...

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The Effect of Welfare Payments on the Marriage and Fertility Behavior of Unwed Mothers : Results from a Twins Experiment

Grogger, Jeff - 1997

affects fertility …

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Child Support and Fathers' Remarriage and Fertility

Bloom, David E. - 1996

subsequent fertility …

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