The effects of parental education on male mortality: evidence from the first wave of compulsory schooling laws [0.03%]
父母教育程度对男性死亡率的影响——来自中国第一次义务教育的证据
Hamid Noghanibehambari,Vikesh Amin,Jason Fletcher
Hamid Noghanibehambari
This paper investigates the causal impact of fathers' education on sons' longevity by linking the full count 1940 US census to Social Security Administration death records and using the first wave of compulsory schooling laws from 1875 to 1...
Anthony Strittmatter,Conny Wunsch
Anthony Strittmatter
This paper shows that gender segregation in the labor market has important implications for the estimation of gender pay gaps. Using Switzerland as an example, we provide evidence that there are sizable segments in the labor market with per...
Fighting abuse with prescription tracking: mandatory drug monitoring and intimate partner violence [0.03%]
用处方跟踪对抗虐待：强制药品监控和亲密伴侣暴力
Dhaval Dave,Bilge Erten,David Hummel et al.
Dhaval Dave et al.
The opioid crisis generates broader societal harms beyond direct health and economic effects, impacting non-users through adverse spillovers on children, families, and communities. We study the spillover effects of a supply-side policy aime...
David Powell
David Powell
The United States is facing an unprecedented drug overdose crisis, distinguished from prior epidemics by its severity, widespread impact, and demographic incidence. This study examines demographic overdose trends during the opioid crisis re...
Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment [0.03%]
同伴、父母及自我认知：数学自评中的性别差距问题
Anna Adamecz,John Jerrim,Jean-Baptiste Pingault et al.
Anna Adamecz et al.
It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the drivers of the gender gap in self-assessed mathematics ability using a longitudinal study of tw...
Early-Life Economic Conditions and Old-Age Male Mortality: Evidence from Historical County-Level Bank Deposit Data [0.03%]
基于历史县域银行存款数据的早期生活经济状况与老年男性死亡率之间的关系研究
Hamid Noghanibehambari,Jason Fletcher,Lauren Schmitz et al.
Hamid Noghanibehambari et al.
This paper studies the long-run mortality effects of in-utero and early-life economic conditions. We examine how local economic conditions experienced during the Great Depression, proxied by county-level banking deposits during in-utero and...
Ethnic attrition, assimilation, and the measured health outcomes of Mexican Americans [0.03%]
种族同化、融合以及墨西哥裔美国人健康状况的评估结果
Francisca M Antman,Brian Duncan,Stephen J Trejo
Francisca M Antman
The literature on immigrant assimilation and intergenerational progress has sometimes reached surprising conclusions, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than US-born H...
Vaccination and risky behaviors: evidence from the hepatitis B vaccination campaign in China [0.03%]
乙肝疫苗接种与中国民众的高风险行为之间的关系
Chen Huang,Cong Li,Feng Liu et al.
Chen Huang et al.
Understanding the causal relationship between vaccination and individuals' risky behavioral responses has important policy implications as it affects the ultimate effectiveness of increasing access to vaccination. This paper examines the ca...
Ruzica Savcic,Nikolaos Theodoropoulos,Dimitrios Xefteris
Ruzica Savcic
Peacetime military service has both positive and negative effects on human capital. While it depreciates academic skills, it also enhances non-cognitive ones. The net effect of conscription is hard to identify due to issues of self-selectio...
Jisoo Hwang,Seok Ki Kim
Jisoo Hwang
This paper studies the dynamic effects of longevity on intergenerational policies and fertility, distinguishing between effects of expected and unexpected longevity gains. Old agents become poorer from unexpected longevity gains than from e...