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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes

Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018

Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...

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School starting age and infant health

Borra, Cristina; González, Libertad; Patiño, David - 2023

We study the effects of school starting age on siblings' infant health. In Spain, children born in December start school a year earlier than those born the following January, despite being essentially the same age. We follow a regression discontinuity design to compare the health at birth of the...

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Paid parental leave and families' living arrangements

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Kühnle, Daniel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2018

We examine how a paid parental leave reform causally affected families' living arrangements. The German reform we examine replaced a means-tested benefit with a universal transfer paid out for a shorter period. Combining a regression discontinuity with a difference-in-differences design, we find...

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Love your leave, don't leave your love! : paid parental leave and children's living arrangements

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Kühnle, Daniel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2017

We examine how a German paid parental leave reform causally affected early childhood living arrangements. The reform replaced a means-tested benefit with a universal transfer paid out for a shorter period. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that the reform increased the...

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Perturbed nuptiality, delayed fertility : childbirth effects of Covid19

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Muhammad Rashid - 2021

An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct … lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till … Pakistan where birth rates remain high, marriage is nearly universal, and almost all child- bearing takes place within marriage …

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Common law marriage and teen births

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2015

Using microdata from Current Population Survey Fertility supplements 1990-2010 we examine whether Common Law Marriage …

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The Effect of Female Education on Marital Matches and Child Health in Bangladesh

Hahn, Youjin - 2019

This paper examines the effects of female education on marriage outcomes by exploiting the exogenous variation … their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage …

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Common Law Marriage and Teen Births

Grossbard, Shoshana Amyra - 2015

Using microdata from Current Population Survey Fertility supplements 1990-2010 we examine whether Common Law Marriage …

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The long shadows of past insults : intergenerational transmission of health over 130 years

Andreella, Claudia; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2016

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose-built administrative dataset on individuals born in Sweden between 1930-34 and their parents, we study the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of health and the impact of previous...

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The long shadows of past insults intergenerational transmission of health over 130 years

Andreella, Claudia; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2015

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose-built administrative dataset on individuals born in Sweden between 1930–34 and their parents, we study the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of health and the impact of previous...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308503