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wives of men in these groups in the period from 1978 through 1999. Parents' schooling, especially mother's schooling, does …
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In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …
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children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years …
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I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …
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This paper is an empirical investigation of the effect of poor early life-cycle health on post-secondary educational choices and outcomes. We use panel data for a sample of 10,430 individuals who were high school seniors in the spring of 1972, and who were re-surveyed in October of each year...
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-run peer quality improvements within schools, on the same population. While students at schools with higher-achieving peers …
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This paper develops a model of crime in which human capital increases the opportunity cost of crime from foregone work and expected costs associated with incarceration. Older, more intelligent, and more educated adults should commit fewer street (unskilled) crimes. White collar crimes decline...
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are strained, public schools can employ cost-saving measures with no ill-effect on students. We theorize that if budget …
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teachers affect a variety of student outcomes through their effects on both students' cognitive and noncognitive skill. Results …
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