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The long-term effect of wartime social networks: evidence from African American Civil War veterans, 1870–1900. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds that wartime social networks (veterans from the same company) persistently affected veterans’ location choices in the post-Civil War period. Zhang, B. The long-term effect of wartime social networks: evidence from African American Civil War veterans, 1870–1900. Journal … Continue reading
Conscription and educational outcomes. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds that an increase (reduction) in the average length of (peacetime) army service has a positive (negative) and significant effect on men’s academic performance. Savcic, R., Theodoropoulos, N. & Xefteris, D.: Conscription and educational outcomes. Journal of Population Economics (2023). … Continue reading
Who’s afraid of immigration? The effect of economic preferences on tolerance. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds that intergenerationally transmitted ancestral characteristics have a significant impact on attitudes toward immigration. Kovacic, M., Orso, C.E. Who’s afraid of immigration? The effect of economic preferences on tolerance. Journal of Population Economics (May 2023). Forthcoming issue 3/2023.OPEN ACCESS. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-023-00947-z … Continue reading
The impact of sodomy law repeals on crime. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds evidence that sodomy law repeals in the US led to a decline in the number of arrests for disorderly conduct, prostitution, and other sex offenses. Ciacci, R., Sansone, D. The impact of sodomy law repeals on crime. Journal … Continue reading
Children having children: early motherhood and offspring human capital in India. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds evidence that children of young mothers are shorter for their age, with stronger effects for girls of very young mothers. There is also some evidence suggesting that children of very young mothers perform worse in math. Perez-Alvarez, … Continue reading
Implications of restrictive asylum policies: evidence from metering along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper studies the ineffectiveness of the policy in curtailing unauthorized migration and its humanitarian consequences. Amuedo-Dorantes, C., Bucheli, J.R.: Implications of restrictive asylum policies: evidence from metering along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Journal of Population Economics (March 2023). Free to read: … Continue reading
Unexpected longevity, intergenerational policies, and fertility. Article just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper uses an overlapping generations model to show that young agents reduce their fertility when longevity increases because they need to save more for their old age (“life-cycle effect”), and in the unexpected case, they also need to pay … Continue reading
Demographic change and the rate of return in pay-as-you-go pension systems. Article just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper investigates two coinciding independent developments that differ in structure and persistence: A longevity effect caused by an increasing life expectancy and a cohort effect caused by fluctuations in the size of cohorts. Schön, M.: Demographic change and the … Continue reading
The morbidity costs of air pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The study is one of the first to present causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates for all age cohorts in a developing country. Zhang, X., Zhang, X., Liu, Y. et al. The morbidity costs of air pollution through the … Continue reading
Vaccination and risky behaviors: evidence from the hepatitis B vaccination campaign in China. Just published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper finds lower alcohol use during adulthood by men, and those from educated families and urban areas. Huang, C., Li, C., Liu, F. et al.: Vaccination and risky behaviors: evidence from the hepatitis B vaccination campaign in China. Journal of Population … Continue reading