The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment

H Torun, S Tumen - Economics of Education Review, 2016 - Elsevier
Based on a law enacted in November 1999, males born on or before December 31st 1972
are given the option to benefit from a paid exemption from compulsory military service in …

The value of mandating maternal education in a developing country

B Dursun, R Cesur, IR Kelly - 2017 - nber.org
While several studies estimate the impact of maternal education on birth weight and child
mortality using quasi-experimental identification strategies in developing countries, the state …

[PDF][PDF] The Effects of a Paid Parental Leave Policy Change on Maternal Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence From Germany

TH Virágh - 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference, 2023 - ipr.northwestern.edu
This paper documents maternal wage dynamics around childbirth and its heterogeneity by
education using German administrative data. Women with low education experience a …

The effect of paid vacation on health: evidence from Sweden

T Hofmarcher - Journal of Population Economics, 2021 - Springer
This study estimates the causal effect of paid vacation on health. Using register data on the
universe of central government employees in Sweden, I exploit an age-based rule stipulated …

Access to Birth-to-5 Child and Family Policies and Their Impact Beyond the Average

TH Viragh - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Policies supporting families with young children provide an important context for human
development. The two primary public policies available to caregivers around and after …