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Pensions and fertility : back to the roots ; the introduction of Bismarck's pension scheme and the European fertility decline

Fenge, Robert; Scheubel, Beatrice - 2013

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

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The effects of intrauterine malnutrition on birth and fertility outcomes : evidence from the 1974 Bangladesh famine

Hernández-Julián, Rey; Mansour, Hani; Peters, Christina - 2013

during the famine. Finally, controlling for pre-famine fertility, we find that women who were pregnant during the Famine …

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A cross-national perspective on unemployment and first births

Schmitt, Christian - 2012

This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), I apply event history methods to analyze first-birth decisions in France, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results...

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Assessing the impact of the maternity capital policy in Russia using a dynamic model of fertility and employment

Slonimczyk, Fabián; Jurko, Anna V. - 2013

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis … model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the … program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman. …

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The quiet revolution and the family : gender composition of tertiary education and early fertility patterns

Bičáková, Alena; Jurajda, Štěpán - 2014

It is well known that highly "female" fields of study in tertiary education are characterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …

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Tariffs, social status, and gender in India

Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014

higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …

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Parental response to early human capital shocks : evidence from the Chernobyl accident

Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents'...

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The impact of eliminating a child benefit on birth timing and infant health

Borra, Cristina; González, Libertad; Sevilla, Almudena - 2014

We study the effects of the cancellation of a sizeable child benefit in Spain on birth timing and neonatal health. In May 2010, the government announced that a 2,500-euro universal "baby bonus" would stop being paid to babies born on or after January 1st, 2011. We use detailed micro data from...

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Parenthood and productivity of highly skilled labor : evidence from the groves of academe

Krapf, Matthias; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Zimmermann, … - 2014

We examine the effect of pregnancy and parenthood on the research productivity of academic economists. Combining the survey responses of nearly 10,000 economists with their publication records as documented in their RePEc accounts, we do not find that motherhood is associated with low research...

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"Sex in marriage is a divine gift": for whom? : evidence from the Manila contraceptive ban

Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - 2013

We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...

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