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Multigenerational Transmission of Wealth: Florence, 1403–1480
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsBy using hand-collected data on households’ wealth assessments, we study multigenerational mobility in Florence during the late Middle Ages. We find that Florentine society was more mobile than one would expect but also that multigenerational mobility ...
Marianna Belloc +3 more
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Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation Among U.S. Immigrants
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009 Are U.S. immigrants’ English proficiency and social outcomes the result of their cultural preferences, or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 Census microdata, we relate immigrants’ English proficiency, marriage, fertility and residential ...
Hoyt Bleakley, A. Chin
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Early-life exposure to political violence and domestic violence
International Journal of Behavioral DevelopmentGlobally, one in three women experiences domestic violence over their lifetimes. Yet, the factors that shape adult behavior toward domestic violence remain poorly understood. We examine the effect of exposure to political violence in early stages of life
Akseer Hussain, S. Mazumdar
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Job Displacement, Family Dynamics, and Spousal Labor Supply
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018 We study the effectiveness of intrahousehold insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show that husbands suffer persistent employment and
M. Halla, Julia Schmieder, A. Weber
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Modern Family? Paternity Leave and Marital Stability
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018 We study how relationship stability of couples is affected by an increase in fathers’ involvement in staying home from work with young children. We make use of a parental leave reform in Sweden that earmarked one month of paid leave to each parent in a ...
Daniel Avdic, A. Karimi
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American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyWe conducted a randomized controlled trial of an intervention designed to assist victims of domestic violence in accessing nonpolice support services. The intervention led to a 22 percent decrease in the fraction of victims providing a witness statement ...
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner +2 more
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Revue d'Economie du DeveloppementEn Inde et en Chine, les politiques de planification familiale qui imposent une limite à la taille de la famille ont des conséquences sur la santé et sur l’intégrité physique des femmes. Codes JEL : J13, J12, J16, D10.
Maëlys de la Rupelle, Xiaowei Zhang
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Spousal Control and Intra-household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines
, 2009 N. Ashraf
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