The emergence of procyclical fertility: The role of breadwinner women

S Coskun, HC Dalgic - Journal of Monetary Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Fertility in the US exhibits an increasingly more procyclical pattern. We argue that women's
breadwinner status is behind procyclical and lower fertility:(i) women's relative income in the …

The emergence of procyclical fertility: The role of gender differences in employment risk

S Coskun, H Dalgic - 2022 - econstor.eu
Fertility in the US exhibits an increasingly more procyclical pattern. We argue that women's
breadwinner status is behind procyclical fertility:(i) women's relative income in the family has …

[HTML][HTML] Perinatal health in Spain during and after the Great Recession: Educational selection into fertility as a protective factor in high unemployment contexts

M Seiz, L Salazar, T Eremenko - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Higher maternal resources have long been associated with superior birth outcomes. This
study analyzes the potentially protective role of maternal educational selection into fertility in …

[HTML][HTML] Does unemployment worsen babies' health? A tale of siblings, maternal behaviour, and selection

E De Cao, B McCormick, C Nicodemo - Journal of Health Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We study in-utero exposure to economic fluctuations on birth outcomes by exploiting
geographical variation in the unemployment rate across local areas in England, and by …

The effect of business cycles on health expenditure: a story of income inequality in China

X Pu, M Zeng, Y Luo - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Using the panel data of 31 regions in China from 2002 to 2018, this study aims to investigate
the effect of business cycles on health expenditure from the role of income inequality. We …

Beyond the healthy immigrant paradox: decomposing differences in birthweight among immigrants in Spain

M Stanek, M Requena, A Del Rey… - Globalization and …, 2020 - Springer
Background The healthy immigrant paradox refers to the unexpected health advantages of
immigrant groups settled in host countries. In this population-based study we analyze …

When children have children: The effects of child marriages and teenage pregnancies on early childhood mortality in Bangladesh

SK Trommlerová - Economics & Human Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper examines the adverse effects of adolescent childbearing on early childhood
mortality in Bangladesh in mother-fixed-effects regressions using individual mortality …

Does economic overheating provide positive feedback on population health? Evidence from BRICS and ASEAN countries

CW Su, SW Huang, R Tao, M Haris - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper explores the relationship of real GDP per capita with cancer incidence applying
panel threshold regression model in BRICS and ASEAN countries. The empirical results …

The Causal Effect of Increasing Area-Level Income on Birth Outcomes and Pregnancy-Related Health: Estimates From the Marcellus Shale Boom Economy

MA Martin, TL Green, A Chapman - Demography, 2024 - read.dukeupress.edu
Income is positively correlated with pregnancy health and birth outcomes, but the causal
evidence for this association is limited. Leveraging a natural experiment based on the …

Prenatal economic shocks and birth outcomes in UK cohort data

AE Clark, C D'Ambrosio, N Rohde - Economics & Human Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
We consider the effects of major prenatal economic shocks experienced by mothers on two
indicators of newborn-infant health, birth weight and head circumference, using detailed …