The causal effects of father absence

S McLanahan, L Tach… - Annual review of sociology, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
The literature on father absence is frequently criticized for its use of cross-sectional data and
methods that fail to take account of possible omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We …

Evaluating social programs with endogenous program placement and selection of the treated

PE Todd - Handbook of development economics, 2007‏ - Elsevier
This chapter considers methods for evaluating the impact of social programs in the presence
of nonrandom program placement or program selection. It first presents the evaluation …

Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses

DE Bloom, M Kuhn, K Prettner - Journal of Economic Literature, 2022‏ - aeaweb.org
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics
since the late twentieth century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth …

Estimating the effects of parental divorce and death with fixed effects models

PR Amato, CJ Anthony - Journal of marriage and family, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The authors used child fixed effects models to estimate the effects of parental divorce and
death on a variety of outcomes using 2 large national data sets:(a) the Early Childhood …

[ספר][B] Tackling chronic disease in Europe: strategies, interventions and challenges

R Busse - 2010‏ - books.google.com
Chronic conditions and diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Europe,
accounting for 86% of total premature deaths, and the burden is likely to grow. The …

The feminization of international migration and its effects on the children left behind: Evidence from the Philippines

P Cortes - World Development, 2015‏ - Elsevier
This paper explores the effects of a mother's migration on her children's well-being. I use
children with migrant fathers as the main control group to separately identify the effects …

Orphans and schooling in Africa: A longitudinal analysis

DK Evans, E Miguel - Demography, 2007‏ - Springer
AIDS deaths could have a major impact on economic development by affecting the human
capital accumulation of the next generation. We estimate the impact of parent death on …

The potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on learnings

L Monroy-Gómez-Franco, R Vélez-Grajales… - International journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we use a new database for Mexico to model the possible long-run effects of the
pandemic on learning. First, based on the framework of Neidhöffer et al.(2021), we estimate …

Longitudinal effects of parental bereavement on adolescent developmental competence

DA Brent, NM Melhem, AS Masten, G Porta… - Journal of Clinical …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sudden parental bereavement on subsequent
attainment of developmental competencies. This longitudinal study reports on 126 youth …

[ספר][B] Public policy and the challenge of chronic noncommunicable diseases

O Adeyi, O Smith, S Robles - 2007‏ - books.google.com
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are by far the major cause of death in lower-middle,
upper-middle, and high-income countries; by 2015, they will also be the leading cause of …