Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … is a quantum effect, the latter two effects reflect changes in the timing of events. Efficient public health policy …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

This study investigates the general equilibrium effects of a fertility shock under different intergenerational transfer … different tax schemes. The economic effects of a fertility shock vary substantially with different intergenerational transfer … the effects from a fertility shock it is vital that the effects on human capital are minimized. For a baby boom shock this …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous … transfers. For the economy at large, high-fertility unskilled immigrants and a lowfertility indigenous population result in …

considers population growth rate and a directly related to fertility demographic indicator - total fertility rate. Using a panel … fertility. These findings suggest that the appreciation of the demographic effect of foreign aid can have important implications …

Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility …. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women … effect, which reduces fertility. In contrast, if the time period when women work abroad does not coincide with the period …

educational expenditures and decreases fertility among more affluent whites whose children flee. In contrast, among less …

multicultural public schools to private education increases private educational expenditures and, as a result, decreases fertility …

of less prosperous ethnic minorities raises fertility among the unskilled minority recipients, lowers fertility among the …