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Joseph Molitoris

Centre for Economic Demography, Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden.
Families and households

Strong family ties moderate the negative effect of family size on children’s education, in Wisconsin (USA)

March 11, 2021March 9, 2020 Ea Hoppe Blaabæk and Joseph Molitoris
Americas, Family

Recent studies have questioned whether family size negatively affects children’s educational outcomes. Based on information from the extended famil, Ea Blaabæk and Joseph Molitoris find that family size has a … Read more

Health and mortality

Longer birth intervals can reduce infant mortality in poor countries

March 10, 2021November 7, 2019 Joseph Molitoris
Children, Mortality, Poverty

Recent work on wealthy populations has called into question long-standing conclusions about the importance of birth spacing for infant health. Using data from 77 countries, Joseph Molitoris and colleagues show … Read more

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