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Three Essays on the Economics of the Family Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Births, Repeat / Spacing; Crime; Sexual Behavior; Siblings; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The goal of this dissertation is to apply empirical methodologies to analyze various topics in economics of education and health economics, which have clear policy implications. Chapter 2 provides evidence of whether child spacing affects the likelihood of engaging in certain risky behaviors. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979, I investigate the association between birth spacing and engaging in risky or deviant behaviors, such as smoking, unprotected intercourse, theft, and violence. I attempt to identify exogenous variation in in child spacing stemming from whether one has a twin and parents' age difference, and my estimates show significant declines in engaging in risky behaviors for all these four risky activities as birth spacing increases. |
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Motamedi, Mehrnous. Three Essays on the Economics of the Family. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2017. |