Forthcoming in EJ: ‘Kinship taxation as an impediment to growth: Experimental evidence from Kenyan microenterprises’ by Munir Squires doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea… @munirsquires @RoyalEconSoc @OUPEconomics #EconTwitterView quoted post on X
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@TheEconomist recently highlighted research suggesting health risks from first-cousin marriages are minimal, but my latest study, with @sam_hwang81 @DeaglanJakob, tells a different story.
It is (surprise!) quite bad for the lifespan of offspring
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It is (surprise!) quite bad for the lifespan of offspring
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Thanks for the cite! Also, that Economist article understates the health costs: first-cousin marriage reduces your children's life expectancy by 3+ years dropbox.com/scl/fi/5uqo318… @sam_hwang81 @DeaglanJakob
www.dropbox.com CM_Health-2023-10.pdf Shared with Dropbox The evidence: in the QJE, Gosh, Squires and their colleagues at UBC: academic.oup.com/qje/article-ab…. State legal bans on cousin increased longer-term income. So, such evidence should give @TheEconomist or politicians pause. @DrNathanNunnView quoted post on X
Very proud of this paper, joint with the best co-authors @sam_hwang81 and @arkdevghosh. Grateful for the suggestions and encouragement we received along the way, especially from Siwan Anderson, @claudferraz and Patrick Francois.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from U.S. Bans on Cousin Marriage,” by Ghosh (@arkdevghosh), Hwang (@sam_hwang81), and Squires (@munirsquires): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…View quoted post on X
Is tight kinship a barrier to development? Tune in to PacDev tomorrow 9am Pacific. Being forced to marry outside your family can lead to better economic outcomes (joint work with Sam Hwang and @arkdevghosh, all of us @ubcVSE) - channeling @JoHenrich