Douglas Almond

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• Columbia University / School of Arts and Sciences / Department of Economics
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author of:

• Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016)
  by Hilary Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:4:p:903-34)
• The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Subsequent Health Outcomes: An Analysis of SIPP Data
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:95:y:2005:i:2:p:258-262)
• Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China's Huai River Policy
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009)
  by Douglas Almond & Yuyu Chen & Michael Greenstone & Hongbin Li
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:99:y:2009:i:2:p:184-90)
• Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment: The Effect of Ramadan Observance during Pregnancy
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:3:y:2011:i:4:p:56-85)
• After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Joseph J. Doyle
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejpol:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:1-34)
• Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II
  Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2018)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie & Valentina Duque
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jeclit:v:56:y:2018:i:4:p:1360-1446)
• Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:25:y:2011:i:3:p:153-72)
• Fetal Origins and Parental Responses
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2013)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:5:y:2013:p:37-56)
• Son Preference and the Persistence of Culture: Evidence from South and East Asian Immigrants to Canada
  Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. (2013)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Kevin Milligan
  (ReDIF-article, bla:popdev:v:39:y:2013:i:1:p:75-95)
• Capital, Wages and Growth: Theory and Evidence
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999)
  by Almond, Douglas & Ciccone, Antonio & Peri, Giovanni
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:2199)
• Do nonprofits manipulate investment returns?
  Economics Letters, Elsevier (2017)
  by Almond, Douglas & Xia, Xing
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolet:v:155:y:2017:i:c:p:62-66)
• Auspicious birth dates among Chinese in California
  Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2015)
  by Almond, Douglas & Chee, Christine Pal & Sviatschi, Maria Micaela & Zhong, Nan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ehbiol:v:18:y:2015:i:c:p:153-159)
• An adaptive significance of morning sickness? Trivers–Willard and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
  Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2016)
  by Almond, Douglas & Edlund, Lena & Joffe, Michael & Palme, Mårten
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ehbiol:v:21:y:2016:i:c:p:167-171)
• Public vs. private provision of charity care? Evidence from the expiration of Hill-Burton requirements in Florida
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Almond, Douglas & Currie, Janet & Simeonova, Emilia
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:30:y:2011:i:1:p:189-199)
• Human Capital Development before Age Five
  Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Almond, Douglas & Currie, Janet
  (ReDIF-chapter, eee:labchp:5-15)
• From infant to mother: Early disease environment and future maternal health
  Labour Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Almond, Douglas & Currie, Janet & Herrmann, Mariesa
  (ReDIF-article, eee:labeco:v:19:y:2012:i:4:p:475-483)
• Son-biased sex ratios in 2010 US Census and 2011–2013 US natality data
  Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2017)
  by Almond, Douglas & Sun, Yixin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:socmed:v:176:y:2017:i:c:p:21-24)
• How did schooling laws improve long-term health and lower mortality?
  Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2006)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhwp:wp-06-23)
• The effects of maternal fasting during Ramadan on birth and adult outcomes
  Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2008)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhwp:wp-07-22)
• Fetal origins and parental responses
  Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2013)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedhwp:wp-2012-14)
• Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II
  Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2017)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie & Valentina Duque
  (ReDIF-paper, hka:wpaper:2017-082)
• Capital, Wages, and Growth: Theory and Evidence
  Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University ()
  by Antonio Ciccone & Giovanni Peri & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-paper, igi:igierp:152)
• In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children’s Academic Performance
  Working Papers, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2014)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder & Reyn van Ewijk
  (ReDIF-paper, jgu:wpaper:1410)
• Retention Heterogeneity in New York City Schools
  Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2016)
  by Amy Ellen Schwartz & Douglas Almond & Ajin Lee
  (ReDIF-paper, max:cprwps:198)
• Characteristics of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Participants
  Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research (1996)
  by Nancy Wemmerus & Elyse S. Forkosh & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-paper, mpr:mprres:fea217d202ba4e879c0a344872e4c79e)
• Rapid Increases in Methane Concentrations following August 2020 Suspension of the US Methane Rule
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Xinming Du & Muye Ru & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:15010)
• Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Development: Evidence from the 1959 to 1961 China Famine
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Hongbin Li & Junsen Zhang
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:8166)
• The Costs of Low Birth Weight
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Douglas Almond & Kenneth Y. Chay & David S. Lee
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10552)
• Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Mårten Palme
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13347)
• Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Hongbin Li & Junsen Zhang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13384)
• After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Douglas Almond & Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13877)
• Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Douglas Almond & Hilary W. Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14306)
• Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment: The Effect of Maternal Fasting During Pregnancy
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14428)
• Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Douglas Almond & Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. & Amanda E. Kowalski & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14522)
• O Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from Immigrants to Canada
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Kevin Milligan
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15391)
• Public vs. Private Provision of Charity Care? Evidence from the Expiration of Hill-Burton Requirements in Florida
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie & Emilia Simeonova
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15798)
• Human Capital Development Before Age Five
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15827)
• From Infant to Mother: Early Disease Environment and Future Maternal Health
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie & Mariesa Herrmann
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17676)
• Fasting During Pregnancy and Children's Academic Performance
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder & Reyn van Ewijk
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17713)
• Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Hilary W. Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18535)
• Land Reform and Sex Selection in China
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Douglas Almond & Hongbin Li & Shuang Zhang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19153)
• Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Douglas Almond & Janet Currie & Valentina Duque
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23017)
• Ambiguous Pollution Response to COVID-19 in China
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Douglas Almond & Xinming Du & Shuang Zhang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27086)
• Perinatal Health among 1 Million Chinese-Americans
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Douglas Almond & Yi Cheng
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27775)
• Russian Holidays Predict Troll Activity 2015-2017
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Douglas Almond & Xinming Du & Alana Vogel
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28035)
• Bitcoin and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Evidence from Daily Production Decisions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Anna Papp & Douglas Almond & Shuang Zhang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31745)
• The Costs of Low Birth Weight
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005)
  by Douglas Almond & Kenneth Y. Chay & David S. Lee
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:120:y:2005:i:3:p:1031-1083.)
• Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009)
  by Douglas Almond & Lena Edlund & Mårten Palme
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:124:y:2009:i:4:p:1729-1772.)
• Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-risk Newborns
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2010)
  by Douglas Almond & Joseph J. Doyle & Amanda E. Kowalski & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:125:y:2010:i:2:p:591-634.)
• The Role of Hospital Heterogeneity in Measuring Marginal Returns to Medical Care: A Reply to Barreca, Guldi, Lindo, and Waddell
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Joseph J. Doyle & Amanda E. Kowalski & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:126:y:2011:i:4:p:2125-2131)
• Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011)
  by Douglas Almond & Hilary W. Hoynes & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:93:y:2011:i:2:p:387-403)
• Capital, wages and growth: Theory and evidence
  Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999)
  by Antonio Ciccone & Giovanni Peri & Douglas Almond
  (ReDIF-paper, upf:upfgen:389)
• In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children's Academic Performance
  Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2015)
  by Douglas Almond & Bhashkar Mazumder & Reyn Ewijk
  (ReDIF-article, wly:econjl:v:125:y:2015:i:589:p:1501-1533)