While World War II (WWII) is often employed as natural experiment to identify long-term effects of adverse early-life and prenatal conditions, little is known about the short-term effects. We estimate the short-term impact of the onset of WWII on newborn health using a unique data set of...

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

An emerging question in demographic economics is whether there is a link between family size and the geographic distance between adult children and elderly parents. Given current population trends, understanding how different configurations of fam- ily size and sibship influence patterns of...

An emerging question in demographic economics is whether there is a link between family size and the geographic distance between adult children and elderly parents. Given current population trends, understanding how different configurations of family size and sibship influence patterns of...

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

Eine Studie des ifo Instituts zeigt, dass der staatliche Ausbau von Krippenplätzen einen positiven Effekt auf die Anzahl der Geburten hat. Ein Anstieg der Betreuungsquote um 10 Prozentpunkte lässt die Anzahl der Geburten pro 1 000 Frauen um 1,2 steigen, dies entspricht einem Anstieg der...

Eine Studie des ifo Instituts zeigt, dass der staatliche Ausbau von Krippenplätzen einen positiven Effekt auf die Anzahl der Geburten hat. Ein Anstieg der Betreuungsquote um 10 Prozentpunkte lässt die Anzahl der Geburten pro 1 000 Frauen um 1,2 steigen, dies entspricht einem Anstieg der...

An emerging question in demographic economics is whether there is a link between family size and the geographic distance between adult children and elderly parents. Given current population trends, understanding how different configurations of family size and sibship influence patterns of...