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The effect of house prices on fertility : evidence from Canada

Clark, Jeremy; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2016

To the extent that families' fertility decisions respond to economic factors, the price of housing is an important and … relatively neglected candidate for consideration in fertility decisions. In theory, the effect of changes in housing prices on … fertility. We follow non-moving women aged 18-40 (with their associated families) over time to ask whether changes in lagged …

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Family structure and child cognitive outcomes : evidence from Canadian longitudinal data

Ferrer, Ana M.; Pan, Yazhuo - 2018

This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families biennially since 1994, we investigate the association...

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Speeding up for a son? : fertility transitions among Asian migrants to Canada

Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2016

We use the 2001 and 2006 Canadian Census to study how the sex-ratios at second birth, conditional on both the spacing between the first two children and the gender of the first, vary across place of birth or religious affiliation. We find that South Asian women give birth to a higher proportion...

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Immigrant gaps in parental time investments into children's human capital activities

Ferrer, Ana M.; Mascella, Allison - 2022

use of second-generation young adults and find that they spend more time on education and homework compared to third …

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