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Sex ratios at birth shape populations and are linked to maternal health and gender discrimination. We estimate the effect of prenatal temperature exposure on birth sex by linking data on 5 million births in 33 sub-Saharan African countries and India with high-resolution temperature data. We find...
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during pregnancy. Moreover, those who did not use assisted reproductive technology present a higher prevalence of these … disappears for mothers in "education, training, and library" occupations, revealing that season of birth is a matter of choice … mothers who report to have chosen season of birth is 19% of financial wealth while for those who report not to have chosen it …
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We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate …-percentage point increase in the unemployment rate leads to an increase in low birth weight and preterm babies of respectively 1.3 and … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health …
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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
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This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks … pregnancies, driven by the group of mothers between 20 and 34 years old with secondary education. This increased the average …
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mothers in the state and contain detailed information on individual human capital, health (pregnancy outcomes), welfare, and … children has increased interest in the health effects of job stress on pregnancy outcomes in the United States. The few studies … abortion and findings have been mixed. This work, along with the anecdotal evidence from Europe, suggests that reducing job …
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effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as … their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of … for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that …
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Arbeitslosigkeit einzufangen. Bei arbeitslosen Väter sinkt deutschlandweit die Zufriedenheit. Arbeitslose Mütter erleben in den alten … weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …
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Arbeitslosigkeit einzufangen. Bei arbeitslosen Väter sinkt deutschlandweit die Zufriedenheit. Arbeitslose Mütter erleben in den alten … weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958679