Publications
Amin, V., Lundborg, P., & Olof-Rooth, D. (2015). Mothers do matter- New Evidence on the effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling using Swedish Twin Data. Economics of Education Review, 47, 100-117.
Amin, V., Behrman, J.R., Kohler, H.P., Xiong, Y., & Zhang, J. (2015). Causal inferences: Identical twins help and clarity about necessary assumptions is critical. Social Science and Medicine, 127, 201-202.
Amin, V., Behrman, J.R., & Kohler, H.P. (2015). Schooling has Smaller or Insignificant Effects on Adult Health in the US than Suggested by Cross-Sectional Associations: New Estimates Using Relatively Large Samples of Identical Twins. Social Science and Medicine, 127, 181-189.
Amin, V., & Behrman, J. R. (2014). Do more-schooled women have fewer children and delay childbearing? Evidence from a sample of US twins.Journal of Population Economics, 27, 1-31. Lead Article
Amin, V., Behrman, J. R., & Spector, T.D. (2013). Does more schooling improve health outcomes and health behaviors? Evidence from U.K. twins. Economics of Education Review, 35, 134-148.
Amin, V. (2011) “Returns to Education: Evidence from U.K. Twins: Comment”, American Economic Review, 101(4), 1629-35.
Amin, V. (2009) “Sibling Sex Composition and Educational Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Evidence for the U.K.”, Labour: Review of Economics and Industrial Relations, 23(1), 67-96.
Working Papers
Following in Your Father’s Footsteps. A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings between Twin Fathers and their Sons (joint with Petter Lundborg and Dan Olof-Rooth). IZA DP No. 5990.
The Effect of Degree Attainment on Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment (joint with A.Flores-Lagunes, C.A. Flores and Daniel J. Parisian). Revise and Resubmit Economics of Education Review, Special Issue on Education and Crime.
The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from Taiwanese Population Data (joint with Meng-Wen Tsou, Jin-Tan Liu and James K. Hammitt). Under review.
Crime and Pregnancies: Does Area Crime Affect the Demand for Prenatal Care and the Health of Pregnant Women and Their Newborns? (joint with Aparna Lhila). Under review.
Decomposing the Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Smoking in the U.S. (joint with Aparna Lhila). Revise and Resubmit Economics and Human Biology.
Amin, V., Lundborg, P., & Olof-Rooth, D. (2015). Mothers do matter- New Evidence on the effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling using Swedish Twin Data. Economics of Education Review, 47, 100-117.
Amin, V., Behrman, J.R., Kohler, H.P., Xiong, Y., & Zhang, J. (2015). Causal inferences: Identical twins help and clarity about necessary assumptions is critical. Social Science and Medicine, 127, 201-202.
Amin, V., Behrman, J.R., & Kohler, H.P. (2015). Schooling has Smaller or Insignificant Effects on Adult Health in the US than Suggested by Cross-Sectional Associations: New Estimates Using Relatively Large Samples of Identical Twins. Social Science and Medicine, 127, 181-189.
Amin, V., & Behrman, J. R. (2014). Do more-schooled women have fewer children and delay childbearing? Evidence from a sample of US twins.Journal of Population Economics, 27, 1-31. Lead Article
Amin, V., Behrman, J. R., & Spector, T.D. (2013). Does more schooling improve health outcomes and health behaviors? Evidence from U.K. twins. Economics of Education Review, 35, 134-148.
Amin, V. (2011) “Returns to Education: Evidence from U.K. Twins: Comment”, American Economic Review, 101(4), 1629-35.
Amin, V. (2009) “Sibling Sex Composition and Educational Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Evidence for the U.K.”, Labour: Review of Economics and Industrial Relations, 23(1), 67-96.
Working Papers
Following in Your Father’s Footsteps. A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings between Twin Fathers and their Sons (joint with Petter Lundborg and Dan Olof-Rooth). IZA DP No. 5990.
The Effect of Degree Attainment on Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment (joint with A.Flores-Lagunes, C.A. Flores and Daniel J. Parisian). Revise and Resubmit Economics of Education Review, Special Issue on Education and Crime.
The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from Taiwanese Population Data (joint with Meng-Wen Tsou, Jin-Tan Liu and James K. Hammitt). Under review.
Crime and Pregnancies: Does Area Crime Affect the Demand for Prenatal Care and the Health of Pregnant Women and Their Newborns? (joint with Aparna Lhila). Under review.
Decomposing the Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Smoking in the U.S. (joint with Aparna Lhila). Revise and Resubmit Economics and Human Biology.