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Fertility transitions in developing countries : convergence, timing, and causes

Papagni, Erasmo - 2018

mortality are important determinants of fertility decline, while per-capita GDP has probably worked in the opposite direction …This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950ñ 2015 and investigates the … determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sulís (2007) test to fertility rates provides …

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Income and differential fertility : evidence from oil price shocks

Hailemariam, Abebe - 2022

This paper examines the effect of national income on the total fertility rate (children born per woman). We estimate … the effects on fertility of shocks to national per capita income using plausibly exogenous variations in oil price shock … negative and significant effect on the total fertility rate. Looking at the entire spectrum of the fertility distribution, the …

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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …

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The effect of self-employment on health : instrumental variables analysis of longitudinal social security data

Gonçalves, Judite; Martins, Pedro S. - 2018

The growth of novel flexible work formats raises a number of questions about their effects upon health and the potential public policy implications. However, answering these questions is hampered by data and identification constraints. This is the first paper that draws on comprehensive...

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Nudging eyeglass use among children : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Vietnam

Cuong Viet Nguyen; Pham, Quynh Thien Thi; Tung Duc Phung - 2025

In this study, we examine whether a nudging intervention increases eyeglass use among primary and lower-secondary students in Vietnam through a randomized controlled trial. Students with refractive errors in 34 schools in one province were provided with free eyeglasses. Half of the schools were...

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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up

Giulie i, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2021

In this study, we investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We nd that vaccination take-up as of...

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World War II, the baby boom and employment : county level evidence

Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021

This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United … counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the increase in fertility was lower in high … fertility, we provide evidence that county male casualties are positively related to 1950s female employment and household …

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Lost wages : the COVID-19 cost of school closures

Psacharopoulos, George; Collis, Victoria; Patrinos, … - 2020

education closures to estimate the loss in marginal future earnings. The findings show that the school closures reduce future …

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The effects of sleep duration on child health and development

Ha Trong Nguyen; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Mitrou, Francis - 2022

This paper studies the extent to which sleep duration causally affects health, cognitive and noncognitive development in children and adolescents. Using over 50 thousand time use diaries from two cohorts of Australian children spanning over 16 years, we first document that children sleep...

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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence

Constant, Amelie - 2017

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...

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