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Evidence on birth timing
by andrewleigh
There are a couple of economics papers looking at this issue. Using US data, Amitabh Chandra and Stacy Dickert-Conlin found a rise in births in late-December (to get child tax credits). Using Australian data, Joshua Gans and I found a significant rise in births in the new millennium. Of course, we're looking at shifting across days rather than hours.
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