The Impact of Covid-19 on Gender Equality
- Titan M. Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, M. Tertilt
- Economics
- 1 April 2020
The economic downturn caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak has substantial implications for gender equality, both during the downturn and the subsequent recovery. Compared to “regular” recessions,…
Consumer Bankruptcy: A Fresh Start
- Igor Livshits, James C. MacGee, M. Tertilt
- Economics, Business
- 1 February 2007
Consumer bankruptcy provides partial insurance against bad luck, but, by driving up interest rates, makes life-cycle smoothing more difficult. We argue that to assess this trade-off one needs a…
2007 world population data sheet.
- Kearney Ms, Levine Pb, Weiske Wh
- Political Science, Economics
- 2007
Much press has been given to the increase in immigration in the industrialized world-most of which has come from developing countries. The United States and Canada for example both have long…
Polygyny, Fertility, and Savings
- M. Tertilt
- Economics, SociologyJournal of Political Economy
- 1 December 2005
Sub‐Saharan Africa has a high incidence of polygyny. It is also the poorest region of the world. In this paper I ask whether banning polygyny could play any role for development. Using a quantitative…
Women's Liberation: What's in it for Men?
- Matthias Doepke, M. Tertilt
- Economics, HistorySSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 April 2008
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a…
This Time it's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession
- Titan M. Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, M. Tertilt
- Economics, SociologySSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 August 2020
In recent US recessions, employment losses have been much larger for men than for women. Yet, in the current recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true: unemployment is higher…
An Economic History of Fertility in the U.S.: 1826-1960
- L. Jones, M. Tertilt
- Materials Science
- 1 December 2006
Aqueous structured surfactants, e.g., lamellar, or preferably spherulitic systems optionally containing suspended solids are used as functional fluids, such as drilling fluids, cutting fluids,…
Fertility Theories: Can They Explain the Negative Fertility-Income Relationship?
- L. Jones, L. Jones, Alice Schoonbroodt, M. Tertilt
- Economics
- 1 August 2008
In this chapter we revisit the relationship between income and fertility. There is overwhelming empirical evidence that fertility is negatively related to income in most countries at most times.…
Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution †
- Davide Cantoni, Brad Delong, M. Tertilt
- Economics
- 2011
Research increasingly stresses the role of human capital in modern economic development. Existing historical evidence—mostly from British textile industries—however, rejects that formal education was…
Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies
- Igor Livshits, James C. MacGee, M. Tertilt
- Economics
- 1 September 2007
Personal bankruptcies in the United States have increased dramatically, rising from 1.4 per thousand working age population in 1970 to 8.5 in 2002. We use a heterogeneous agent life-cycle model with…
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