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Can Maternity Benefits Have Long-Term Effects On Childbearing? Evidence From Soviet Russia, Olga Malkova
Can Maternity Benefits Have Long-Term Effects On Childbearing? Evidence From Soviet Russia, Olga Malkova
Economics Faculty Publications
This paper quantifies the effects of Russia’s 1981 expansion in maternity benefits on completed childbearing. The program provided one year of partially paid parental leave and a small cash transfer upon a child’s birth. I exploit the program’s two-stage implementation and find evidence that women had more children as a result of the program. Fertility rates rose immediately by 8.2% over twelve months. The increase in fertility rates not only persisted for the ten-year duration of the program, but it reflected large increases in higher-order births to older women who already had children before the program started.
The Future Of Sino-Russian Cooperation: A Rough Road Ahead, Cassidy Henry
The Future Of Sino-Russian Cooperation: A Rough Road Ahead, Cassidy Henry
Ex-Patt Magazine
After spending two semesters on the Chinese-Russian border, Henry reflects on the future of Sino-Russian relations and whether the West should worry.
The Decision To Invade: Stalin In 1950, Elliot Estebo
The Decision To Invade: Stalin In 1950, Elliot Estebo
Ex-Patt Magazine
Examining the past and recently discovered Soviet-Era documents to determine how Stalin came to the decision to invade.
A Marriage Of Convenience: The Role Of The Russian Orthodox Church In Contemporary Russian Politics, S. Elliot Estebo
A Marriage Of Convenience: The Role Of The Russian Orthodox Church In Contemporary Russian Politics, S. Elliot Estebo
Ex-Patt Magazine
Since 2000, the roles of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in society and its ties to the Russian government have grown.
Rational Russia: Decision-Making In A Declining Superpower, J. Haley Tucker
Rational Russia: Decision-Making In A Declining Superpower, J. Haley Tucker
Ex-Patt Magazine
Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia demonstrates that Putin’s state still behaves rationally.
A Study Of Corruption, Foreign Aid, And Economic Growth, Amanda Deerfield
A Study Of Corruption, Foreign Aid, And Economic Growth, Amanda Deerfield
Theses and Dissertations--Public Policy and Administration
Foreign aid donors increasingly demand that aid is used efficiently and effectively. This study examines the effect of corruption levels, measured by the Corruption Perceptions Index, within a recipient country on the levels of economic growth. A growing literature outlines the mechanisms through which corruption impedes economic growth and is summarized within. Additionally, as longevity gains may result from foreign aid but are not captured in economic growth, this study computes a variable called the Life Quality Indicator (LQI) that combines such gains with economic growth and examines corruption’s effect on LQI growth. As any windfall, foreign aid has been …
Audience Response To The Nature/Society Binary In Kurosawa’S Dersu Uzala: An Observational Online Ethnography, Laura L. Sharp
Audience Response To The Nature/Society Binary In Kurosawa’S Dersu Uzala: An Observational Online Ethnography, Laura L. Sharp
Theses and Dissertations--Geography
Geographers researching cinema have predominantly been interested in how geographic meaning is constructed and negotiated within film, but have been less productive in accounting for how these constructs are received by viewers. Using the method of observational online ethnography, I therefore investigate how fans in online reviews have interpreted the nature/society binary in the film Dersu Uzala. Working from a social constructionist view of nature I begin by deconstructing the binary as it appears in Dersu Uzala before proceeding to illustrate the way this constitutive absence is made up for by the visuality of the film’s landscapes and techniques of …