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...
Children having children: early motherhood and offspring human capital in India [0.03%]
孩子当父母：印度早育与后代人力资本的关系
M Perez-Alvarez,M Favara
M Perez-Alvarez
Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital, contributing to the scarce evidence on this phenomenon, especially in the context of a developing country. The analysis relies...
Economic geography of contagion: a study of COVID-19 outbreak in India [0.03%]
传染的经济地理学：印度新冠肺炎疫情爆发的研究
Tanika Chakraborty,Anirban Mukherjee
Tanika Chakraborty
We propose a mechanism based on regional inequality in economic activity to explain the heterogeneity in the spread of COVID-19 and test it using data from India. Contagion is expected to spread at a higher rate in regions characterized by ...
Nicholas A Jolly,Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
Nicholas A Jolly
This paper uses data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe to analyze the effect of spousal health shocks on own labor supply decisions. The results suggest minimal changes to the probability of work and the intensity ...
The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Temperature Extremes on Birth Outcomes: The Case of China [0.03%]
中国孕期极端温度暴露对出生结果的影响
Xi Chen,Chih Ming Tan,Xiaobo Zhang et al.
Xi Chen et al.
This paper investigates the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme temperatures on birth outcomes-specifically, the log of birth weight and an indicator for low birth weight-using a nationally representative dataset in rural China. During ...
Roland Pongou,Guy Tchuente,Jean-Baptiste Tondji
Roland Pongou
We develop a model of optimal lockdown policy for a social planner who balances population health with short-term wealth accumulation. The unique solution depends on tolerable infection incidence and social network structure. We then use un...
Political violence, risk aversion, and population health: Evidence from the US Capitol riot [0.03%]
政治暴力、风险规避和人口健康：来自美国国会山骚乱的证据
Dhaval Dave,Drew McNichols,Joseph J Sabia
Dhaval Dave
This study is the first to explore the impact of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot on risk avoidance behavior and the spread of COVID-19. First, using anonymized smartphone data from SafeGraph, Inc., and an event-study approach, we document ...
The impact of Covid-19 on older workers' employment and Social Security spillovers [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情对老年劳动者就业和社会保障的影响
Gopi Shah Goda,Emilie Jackson,Lauren Hersch Nicholas et al.
Gopi Shah Goda et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a major threat to health and economic well-being in the USA, especially for older and disabled workers, and may spill over onto Social Security. We use individual-level from the Current Population Survey, st...
Ziteng Lei
Ziteng Lei
I study the short-run and long-run effects of exposure to peers from disrupted families in adolescence. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data, I find that girls are mostly unaffected by peers ...
Eastward enlargements of the European Union, transitional arrangements and self-employment [0.03%]
欧盟的东西向扩大、过渡安排与自主创业
Magdalena Ulceluse,Martin Kahanec
Magdalena Ulceluse
When the European Union expanded eastward in 2004 and 2007 to accession the so-called EU8 and EU2 countries, respectively, the incumbent member states imposed temporary restrictions on the employment of EU8 and EU2 nationals. Self-employed ...