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Coverage of infertility treatment and fertility outcomes: Do women catch up?
Machado, Matilde P.; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - 2011
The ageing of first-time mothers and the changes in women's labor market conditions have been accompanied by the introduction and subsequent increase in the use of assisted reproductive therapies (ART) that help extend women's reproductive lives. Considering the financial cost of infertility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278514
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Coverage of Infertility Treatment and Fertility Outcomes: Do Women Catch Up?
Machado, Matilde P.; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The ageing of first-time mothers and the changes in women's labor market conditions have been accompanied by the introduction and subsequent increase in the use of assisted reproductive therapies (ART) that help extend women's reproductive lives. Considering the financial cost of infertility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147492
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Women's Careers and Family Formation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Walther, Selma - 2022
This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal identification, and provides an overview of the evidence of causal effects in both directions. We highlight a few themes that we regard as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470402
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Multiple Births, Birth Quality and Maternal Labor Supply: Analysis of IVF Reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003 … multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET) was mandated as the default IVF procedure. Using linked registry … births of 63%. This narrowed differences in health between IVF and non- IVF births by 53%, and differences in the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141127
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Health and Labor Market Impacts of Twin Birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF Policy Mandate
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2022
IVF allows women to delay birth and pursue careers, but IVF massively increases the risk of twin birth. There is … health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first … comprehensive evaluation of SET, relevant given the secular rise in IVF births and growing concerns over twin birth risk. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882566
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Trade Policy and Labor Services : Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza
Schiff, Maurice - 2004
This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261796
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The Self-Selection of Migrant Workers Revisited
Yashiv, Eran - 2004
Work of low-skilled migrant workers from developing countries in developed economies is a growing phenomenon and a key political and economic issue. An extensive literature has found (for the most part) that these workers come from the lower part of the skill distribution. This paper revisits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261853
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The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards : Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2004
In many countries, college-bound high school seniors must pass a test or series of tests. In Israel, this requirement is known as the ?Bagrut?, or matriculation certificate, obtained by passing a series of subject tests. In spite of the Bagrut?s value, Israeli society is marked by vast...
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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience : The Case of Female Immigrants
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - 2004
Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261980
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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000
Weiss, Yoram; Eckstein, Zvi - 2003
This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262081