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Coverage of our recent working paper studying how the salience of social/religious norms impact fertility

Notre Dame Economics@ndecon.bsky.social · last yr.

Nice writeup on Lakshmi Iyer's recent paper on the influence of papal speeches on fertility patterns in Latin America. Have a read! @biglabnd.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social news.nd.edu/news/who-the...

Additionally, historical institutions and differential human capital investments contribute to the Nigerian case. Interesting example of how a comprehensive understanding of economic, cultural, and historical factors is needed to explain within country differences link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria - Journal of Economic Growth

What are the origins of differences in the pace of the demographic transition across African societies, and how do these differences affect economic development? We address this question by analyzing ...

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Vegard Skirbekk@vegardskirbekk.bsky.social · 2y ago

In Nigeria fertility drops to 4.8 children per woman, but varies from 3.3 to 6.1 children according to region. newtelegraphng.com/nigerias-fer... Belief systems strongly relate to fertility differences: cambridge.org/core/journal... OA version here pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13...

Babies are small. Macroeconomies are big. Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin. TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.

Excited to see my paper "Agricultural Technological Change, Female Earnings, and Fertility" out in press alongside these other fascinating papers. So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.

Sascha O. Becker@essobecker.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is it already January? Yes! The Jan 2025 issue of The Economic Journal is out @resmedia.bsky.social with a fascinating mix of topics. Check it out! academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...

Same with economists' view about IV.

Jordan Weissmann@jhweissmann.bsky.social · 2y ago

Views of health insurance are a lot like views of the economy in recent years. If you ask people how American health coverage is in general, they say it’s pretty bad. If you ask people how much they like their own insurance, they say it’s pretty good.

Always enjoy that deep dive into new contexts when working on a project. But then eventually I have to actually write up and contribute something tangible to that context