We study the extent to which delaying pregnancy mitigates the impact of children on
women's careers. We leverage quasi-random variation in the timing of pregnancy in a …

This paper introduces a new fixed effects estimator for linear panel data models with
clustered time patterns of unobserved heterogeneity. The method avoids non-convex and …

Objective (s): This study aimed to explore midwives' perceptions of experiences related to
abortion care in Japan, contributing to the improvement of professional practices for better …

I investigate the link between access to the contraceptive pill, mental health, education, and
labor market outcomes. Liberalizing education and labor market effects of access to the pill …

Abstract The Balanced Counseling Strategy for Family Planning (SKB-KB) significantly
influences the decision to choose Postpartum Family Planning (KBPP). SKB-KB provides …

Based on a sample of elderly individuals from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement
in Europe, we investigate the relationship between job and marital stability over the life …

A key assumption of the differences-in-differences designs is that the average evolution of
untreated potential outcomes is the same across different treatment cohorts: parallel trend …

This thesis consists of five chapters dealing with some identification, estimation, and
inference problems in a class of semiparametric panel data models for econometric …

The research proposes an investigation about the link between contraceptive pill, mental
health, education and labour market outcomes. Exploiting a variation in the access to the pill …

In this thesis, I examine potential labour market effects of creating and maintaining a family
at different stages in life. I find that having children has large labour market consequences …