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Journal of Human Resources Volume 48 Issue 1

Subject Areas: Management of Technology and Innovation
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press - University of Wisconsin Press
ISSN: 1548-8004
SJR: 106

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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom

Lovenheim, Michael F.; Reynolds, C. Lockwood.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing wealth increases the likelihood of public flagship university enrollment relative to nonflagship enrollment by 2.0 percent and decreases the...
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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom

Lovenheim, Michael F.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

Abstract: We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing wealth increases the likelihood of public flagship university enrollment relative to nonflagship enrollment by 2.0 percent and...
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound

Chen, Yuyu.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

Abstract: How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is attributed to increased prenatal sex selection? This question is addressed by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound in the country during the 1980s, which...
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound

Chen, Yuyu.; Li, Hongbin.; Meng, Lingsheng.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is attributed to increased prenatal sex selection? This question is addressed by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound in the country during the 1980s, which significantly...
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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments

Bharadwaj, Prashant.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

Abstract: This paper investigates whether boys receive preferential prenatal treatment in a setting where son preference is present. Using micro health data from India, we highlight sex-selective prenatal investments as a new channel via which parents practice discriminatory behavior. We find...
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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments

Bharadwaj, Prashant.; Lakdawala, Leah K.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

This paper investigates whether boys receive preferential prenatal treatment in a setting where son preference is present. Using micro health data from India, we highlight sex-selective prenatal investments as a new channel via which parents practice discriminatory behavior. We find that mothers...
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Womenâs Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India

Deininger, Klaus W., --; Goyal, Aparajita.; Nagarajan, Hari K.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

We use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals to assess the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act that grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights in joint family property that were denied to daughters in the past. We show that the amendment significantly increased...
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Women’s Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India

Deininger, Klaus W.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

Abstract: We use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals to assess the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act that grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights in joint family property that were denied to daughters in the past. We show that the amendment significantly...
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Do Mothers Decide?: The Impact of Preferences in Healthcare

Grytten, Jostein.; Skau, Irene.; SÃ¸rensen, Rune.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

In this study we analyze whether immigrant mothers in Norway can influence their mode of delivery. Patient preferences were measured as the rate of Caesarean section from their home country, and by a survey question measuring the extent to which people believe they have freedom of choice and...
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Do Mothers Decide?: The Impact of Preferences in Healthcare

Grytten, Jostein.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

Abstract: In this study we analyze whether immigrant mothers in Norway can influence their mode of delivery. Patient preferences were measured as the rate of Caesarean section from their home country, and by a survey question measuring the extent to which people believe they have freedom of...

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