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Maternity leave
Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and … national basis. This chapter reviews various types of leave policies available for working mothers (or parents) across … development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …
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Declining quantity and quality of births in Chile amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Pesando, Luca Maria; Abufhele, Alejandra - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320595
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Declining quantity and quality of births in Chile amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Pesando, Luca Maria; Abufhele, Alejandra - In: Population and development review 50 (2024), pp. 75-99
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015116744
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Education, Health and Mortality : Evidence from a Social Experiment
Meghir, Costas - 2012
We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107708
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Essays on skills, school choice and their long-term consequences
Wondratschek, Verena - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688987
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Education and mortality : evidence from a social experiment
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Simeonova, Emilia - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 10 (2018) 2, pp. 234-256
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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment
Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016
This paper exploits a unique universal educational policy - implemented in most German states between 2001 and 2008 - that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (one year) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473274
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Education and Mortality : Evidence from a Social Experiment
Meghir, Costas - 2012
We examine the effects of a major Swedish educational reform, that increased the years of compulsory schooling, on mortality and health. Using the gradual phase-in of the reform between 1949 and 1962 across municipalities, we estimate insignificant effects of the reform on mortality in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108600
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Education and Mortality : Evidence from a Social Experiment
Meghir, Costas - 2012
We examine the effects of a major Swedish educational reform, that increased the years of compulsory schooling, on mortality and health. Using the gradual phase-in of the reform between 1949 and 1962 across municipalities, we estimate insignificant effects of the reform on mortality in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460726
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Policy dialogues in focus for Sweden : International insights for school funding reform
OECD - 2022
Funding Reform in Sweden. This seminar offered Swedish policy makers an opportunity to learn from the reform experiences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174570