Arbeitspapier
The twin instrument
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that their occurrence is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence challenging this premise. Using data on about 18 million births in 72 countries, we find that maternal condition is positively associated with twin birth. Thus studies using twins to instrument fertility will under-estimate impacts of fertility on parental investments and women's labour supply. This is pertinent given recent research indicating these relationships are weak. Using developing country and US data, we demonstrate the bias and estimate bounds on the true parameter.
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Englisch
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Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2016-17
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Estimation: General
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Health Behavior
- Thema
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twins
fertility
maternal health
miscarriage
quantity-quality trade-off
parental investment
bounds
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bhalotra, Sonia R.
Clarke, Damian
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Colchester
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bhalotra, Sonia R.
- Clarke, Damian
- University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Entstanden
- 2016
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