Search Results - "Journal of population economics"

Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China by Qiu, Yun, Chen, Xi, Shi, Wei

“…This study models local and cross-city transmissions of the novel coronavirus in China between January 19 and February 29, 2020. We examine the role of various…”
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Working from home and income inequality: risks of a ‘new normal’ with COVID-19 by Bonacini, Luca, Gallo, Giovanni, Scicchitano, Sergio

“…In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home (WFH) became of great importance for a large share of employees since it represents the only…”
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Socio-demographic factors associated with self-protecting behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic by Papageorge, Nicholas W., Zahn, Matthew V., Belot, Michèle, van den Broek-Altenburg, Eline, Choi, Syngjoo, Jamison, Julian C., Tripodi, Egon

“…Given the role of human behavior in the spread of disease, it is vital to understand what drives people to engage in or refrain from health-related behaviors…”
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Stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and trust by Brodeur, Abel, Grigoryeva, Idaliya, Kattan, Lamis

“…A clear understanding of community response to government decisions is crucial for policy makers and health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this…”
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COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies by Milani, Fabio

“…This paper studies the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of countries. I stress, in particular, the importance of…”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US presidential election by Baccini, Leonardo, Brodeur, Abel, Weymouth, Stephen

“…What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 US presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID-19 cases and…”
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Run away? Air pollution and emigration interests in China by Qin, Yu, Zhu, Hongjia

“…This paper investigates the impact of air pollution on people’s interest in emigration. Using an online search index on “emigration” which is positively…”
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Parenting style as an investment in human development by Cobb-Clark, Deborah A., Salamanca, Nicolás, Zhu, Anna

“…We propose a household production function approach to human development that explicitly considers the role of parenting style in child rearing. Specifically,…”
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COVID-19: a crisis of the female self-employed by Graeber, Daniel, Kritikos, Alexander S, Seebauer, Johannes

“…We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic and the government-mandated measures to contain its spread affect the self-employed — particularly…”
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Why are fewer married women joining the work force in rural India? A decomposition analysis over two decades by Afridi, Farzana, Dinkelman, Taryn, Mahajan, Kanika

“…In contrast with global trends, India has witnessed a secular decline in women’s employment rates over the past few decades. We investigate this decline in…”
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Implications of COVID-19 labour market shocks for inequality in financial wellbeing by Botha, Ferdi, de New, John P., de New, Sonja C., Ribar, David C., Salamanca, Nicolás

“…Australia’s economy abruptly entered into a recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Related labour market shocks on Australian residents have been…”
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Unequal hopes and lives in the USA: optimism, race, place, and premature mortality by Graham, Carol, Pinto, Sergio

“…The 2016 election highlighted deep divisions in the USA, and exposed unhappiness and frustration among poor and uneducated whites. The starkest marker of this…”
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School closures and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan by Yamamura, Eiji, Tsustsui, Yoshiro

“…The spread of the novel coronavirus disease caused schools in Japan to close to cope with the pandemic. In response to the school closures, parents of students…”
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Education and gender role attitudes by Du, Huichao, Xiao, Yun, Zhao, Liqiu

“…This paper examines whether education plays an important role in shaping individuals’ gender role attitudes. We exploit exogenous variation in temporal and…”
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Economic development, structural change, and women's labor force participation: A reexamination of the feminization U hypothesis by Gaddis, Isis, Klasen, Stephan

“…A sizable literature claims that female labor force participation (FLFP) follows a U-shaped trend as countries develop due to structural change, education, and…”
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Happiness, stress, and age: how the U curve varies across people and places by Graham, Carol, Pozuelo, Julia Ruiz

“…There is now much evidence for a remarkably consistent relationship between age and happiness—“the U curve.” In this paper, we present the first analysis that…”
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International migration: a panel data analysis of the determinants of bilateral flows by Mayda, Anna Maria

“…In this paper, I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into 14 OECD countries by country of origin between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the…”
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Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures by Bonacini, Luca, Gallo, Giovanni, Patriarca, Fabrizio

“…Identifying structural breaks in the dynamics of COVID-19 contagion is crucial to promptly assess policies and evaluate the effectiveness of lockdown measures…”
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Is there still son preference in the United States? by Blau, Francine D., Kahn, Lawrence M., Brummund, Peter, Cook, Jason, Larson-Koester, Miriam

“…In this paper, we use 2008–2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the USA. In light of the substantial…”
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Global warming and urbanization by Helbling, Marc, Meierrieks, Daniel

“…Analyzing 118 countries between 1960 and 2016, we find that higher temperatures correlate with higher urbanization rates in the long run, where this…”
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