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Paid parental leave and child development : evidence from the 2007 German parental benefit reform and administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kuehnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2017
This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619598
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014275980
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962
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The fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228925
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The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2022
fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173728
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Rainfall risk, fertility and development : evidence from farm settlements during the American demographic transition
Grimm, Michael - 2017
income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households … other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745641
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Parental leave policies and socio-economic gaps in child development : evidence from a substantial benefit reform using administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kühnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2018
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906232
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Rainfall risk, fertility and development: Evidence from farm settlements during the American demographic transition
Grimm, Michael - 2017
income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households … other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746149
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The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2022
fertility transition has not much advanced in most countries in that region. We explore whether the lack of structural change … can explain this slow transition. For this end, we analyze the determinants of fertility transitions across the developing … driver of the fertility transition. Our results indicate that higher education of women, female employment in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177193
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The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296710