Sökning: "birth spacing"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden birth spacing.

1. 1. Sibling Configuration and Adulthood Outcomes : The Case of Two-Child Families

   Författare :Roujman Shahbazian; Magnus Nermo; Erik Bihagen; Katarina Boye; Anette Eva Fasang; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; educational choice; income; siblings; birth order; birth spacing; sex-composition; STEM; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis includes three empirical studies, analyzing how sibling configuration (i.e. birth order, birth spacing and sex-composition) influences siblings’ long-run income and educational choice. This is done by utilizing the unique linkage opportunities of administrative registers covering the entire population of Sweden. LÄS MER

3. 2. Wage and Income Effects on the Timing and Spacing of Births in Sweden and the United States

   Författare :Ali Tasiran; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fertility; duration models; micro data; reduced form stochastic birth process model; woman and state specific unobserved;

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4. 3. Causes and Consequences of Early-life Conditions : Alcohol, Pollution and Parental Leave Policies

   Författare :Jenny Jans; J. Peter Nilsson; Per Johansson; Arizo Karimi; Matthew Neidell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Air pollution; alcohol availability; parental leave policies; health; educational attainment; earnings; time investments; child outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: This paper studies the effect of air pollution on infant health in Sweden. Combining register panel data on birth outcomes and family characteristics with pollution data, I estimate the effect of particulate matter (PM10) on several birth outcomes that previously have been shown to be predictive of future outcomes. LÄS MER

5. 4. Impacts of Policies, Peers and Parenthood on Labor Market Outcomes

   Författare :Arizo Karimi; Per Johansson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; V. Joseph Hotz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policies; Peers; Parenthood; Labor Market Outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five self-contained papers.Paper 1 This paper analyzes the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes. To address the endogeneity of birth timing to labor market outcomes, I instrument the former with the occurrence of pregnancy loss before first birth. LÄS MER

7. 5. Perceptions of family planning and sexually transmitted infections among low-income men in Western Kenya

   Författare :Theresah Wambui; Anna-Christina Ek; Siw Alehagen; Linköpings universitet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Family planning has long been practiced in Kenya. Despite this, however, the country has had a high yearly increase rate of inhabitants. Family planning and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are stressed in the Millennium Development Goals by WHO, and are challenging issues worldwide. LÄS MER