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September 20, 2023

The long shadow of China’s one-child policy

New research on fertility among Chinese immigrants to the US suggests small-family cultural norms are hard to overcome

  • China
  • culture
  • family
  • fertility
  • immigrants
  • one-child policy
  • Laura M. Argys
  • Siyuan Lin
  • Susan L. Averett
Research

June 11, 2021

More goals, fewer babies?

New research finds a drop in birth rates nine months after major sports events

  • baby boom
  • birth rates
  • entertainment
  • fertility
  • football
  • intimacy
  • sports
  • Francesco Principe
  • Luca Fumarco
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September 21, 2020

How a second chance in education influences labor market outcomes

Adult education reforms in Norway reduced gender earnings gap

  • adult education
  • earnings
  • education
  • fertility
  • gender gap
  • human capital
  • labor market prospects
  • Kjell G. Salvanes
  • Patrick Bennett
  • Richard Blundell
Research

May 12, 2019

Discrimination in hiring based on presence of children or perceived “risk” of pregnancy

Married, childless women applying to part-time jobs have the lowest callback rates

  • childcare
  • discrimination
  • female labor force participation
  • fertility
  • gender
  • hiring
  • job application
  • Ana Fernandes
  • Doris Weichselbaumer
  • Sascha O. Becker
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October 27, 2017

Fertility and the digital divide: More flexibility, more children?

The rapid diffusion of the Internet, and in particular of high-speed, broadband Internet, has characterized the life-changing digital revolution that […]

  • broadband internet
  • digitalization
  • fertility
  • fertility digital divide
  • fertility rate
  • Internet
  • work-family balance
  • work-life balance
  • Francesco C. Billari
  • Luca Stella
  • Oliver Falck
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Robert Gold
  • Stephan Heblich
Research

October 3, 2015

On occasion of German Reunification Day: New Article on “Children of the Wall”

Today marks the 25th anniversary of German reunification. The signing of the German unification treaty had set in stone what […]

  • Children of the Wall
  • demography
  • East Germany
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall
  • fertility
  • German reunification
  • Germany
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • labor market
  • labor market policy
  • life satisfaction
  • Anke Zimmermann
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Axel Heitmueller
  • Christian Merkl
  • Christian Pfeifer
  • Dennis J. Snower
  • Holger Bonin
  • Inna Petrunyk
  • John P. Haisken-DeNew
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Kostas G. Mavromaras
  • Michael A. Shields
  • Olivier Marie
  • Paul Frijters
  • Richard A. Easterlin
Research

December 18, 2014

Girls benefit most from attending an elite school

Parents have strong preferences for sending their children to the best schools available. There seems to be a general perception […]

  • children
  • education
  • elite
  • fertility
  • income
  • labor market outcomes
  • school achievement
  • schooling
  • Scotland
  • students
  • Damon Clark
  • Emilia Del Bono
Research

December 8, 2014

American women respond to immigration inflows by having more children

The hot debate about President Obama’s immigration reform shows that many Americans still view immigrants as taking jobs away from […]

  • baby
  • childcare
  • female labor supply
  • fertility
  • immigration
  • labor supply
  • low-skilled workers
  • USA
  • Delia Furtado
Research

November 6, 2014

Which kids are born in a crisis? Evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall

By Arnaud Chevalier and Olivier Marie Do individuals born at different points of the economic cycle have different outcomes, and […]

  • arrest rates
  • Berlin Wall
  • children
  • criminal activity
  • East Germany
  • economic uncertainty
  • educational attainment
  • fertility
  • kids
  • mothers
  • parental selection
  • parenting
  • risk-taking
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Christoph Conrad
  • Michael Lechner
  • Olivier Marie
  • Welf Werner
Research

May 12, 2014

How an Italian pension reform reduced fertility

In Southern European countries family ties are traditionally very strong. In Italy, three out of four individuals who already have […]

  • childcare
  • children
  • fertility
  • grandparents
  • intergenerational
  • Italy
  • parents
  • pension
  • Erich Battistin
  • Mario Padula
  • Michele De Nadai
Research

February 3, 2014

Some children stabilize marriage, others don’t

 From an economic perspective, children can be seen as an investment of the parents to increase the value of the […]

  • children
  • divorce
  • economic perspective
  • familiy economics
  • fertility
  • marital stability
  • marriage
  • Anne Solaz
  • Elena G. F. Stancanelli
  • Héctor Bellido
  • José Alberto Molina
Research

December 6, 2013

Higher bride prices reduce fertility – evidence from Senegal

The bride price payment is a key element of the marriage contract in many sub-Saharan African countries, and particularly in […]

  • Africa
  • bride price
  • children
  • Development
  • economic security
  • fertility
  • marriage
  • senegal
  • Linguère Mously Mbaye
  • Natascha Wagner
Research

November 15, 2013

Extending paid maternity leave makes no sense economically

Paid maternity leave has become more and more popular over the past few decades as mothers have increasingly entered the […]

  • fertility
  • financial costs
  • government budget
  • labor market effects
  • marriage
  • maternity leave
  • Norway
  • OECD
  • paid maternity leave
  • redistribution
  • school
  • taxes
  • Gordon B. Dahl
  • Kari Vea Salvanes
  • Katrine Vellesen Loken
  • Magne Mogstad
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September 30, 2013

Have the benefits from marriage changed over the past decades? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Shelly Lundberg and Robert […]

  • children
  • divorce
  • education
  • family
  • female employment
  • female labor supply
  • fertility
  • marriage
  • mating
  • Robert Pollak
  • Shelly Lundberg
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July 26, 2013

“Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift” – but for whom?

High fertility rates are often seen as a major cause of persistent poverty, especially in developing countries. The reason: a […]

  • child invesment
  • contraception
  • developing country
  • Development
  • family economics
  • family policy
  • fertility
  • Philippines
  • Arnaud Lefranc
  • Christelle Dumas

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