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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
12112 Luis Serratos-Sotelo
Tommy Bengtsson
Anton Nilsson
The Long-Term Economic Effects of Polio: Evidence from the Introduction of the Polio Vaccine to Sweden in 1957
This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, we follow ...
(published in: SSM Population Health, 2020, 20 (11), 100589. )
I18
12109 Florencia López Bóo
John Creamer
Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras
We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 ...
(published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196)
C93, J13, I25, I38
12108 Matthias Doepke
Giuseppe Sorrenti
Fabrizio Zilibotti
The Economics of Parenting
Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the toolset of their ...
(published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, 55-84)
J13, J24, R20
12107 Norbert Schady
Jere R. Behrman
Maria Caridad Araujo
Rodrigo Azuero
Raquel Bernal
David Bravo
Florencia López Bóo
Karen Macours
Daniela Marshall
Christina Paxson
Renos Vakis
Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 446 - 463)
I24, I25
12105 Osea Giuntella
Giulia La Mattina
Climent Quintana-Domeque
Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth from Mothers and Fathers
We use a unique data set of linked birth records from Florida to analyze the intergenerational transmission of health at birth by parental gender. We show that both paternal and maternal birth ...
(revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth: Fathers Matter Too!' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 17 (2), 284–313)
J1
12104 Stuart Campbell
Ana Nuevo-Chiquero
Gurleen Popli
Anita Ratcliffe
Parental Ethnic Identity and Child Development
We examine the relationship between parental ethnic identity and cognitive development in ethnic minority children. This aspect of parental identity may shape children's cognitive outcomes through a ...
(published as 'Parental identity and child test scores' in: Fiscal Studies, 2020, 41 (4), 851 - 881)
I21, J13, J15
12101 Muhammad Asali
Rusudan Gurashvili
Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy
Using Integrated Household Survey data from Georgia, we measure the observable and discriminatory ethnic wage gap, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Transition & Institutional Change, 2020, 28 (3), 515-533.)
J71, O43, J15, J16
12100 Cornelia Chadi
Uwe Jirjahn
Does Society Influence the Gender Gap in Risk Attitudes? Evidence from East and West Germany
Previous international research has shown that women are more risk averse than men. This gives rise to the question whether the gender gap in risk attitudes is shaped by the social environment. We ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2024, 113, 102311)
D91, J16, P51
12099 Agata Maida
Andrea Weber
Female Leadership and Gender Gap within Firms: Evidence from an Italian Board Reform
Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota for corporate board membership. The main aim of these laws is breaking the ...
(published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (2), 488-515)
J24, J7, J78
12097 Delia Furtado
Kerry L. Papps
Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
Who Goes on Disability When Times Are Tough? The Role of Social Costs of Take-Up Among Immigrants
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) take-up tends to increase during recessions. We exploit variation across immigrant groups in the non-pecuniary costs of participating in SSDI to examine ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 143, 103983)
E32, J61, H55, I18
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