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The causal effect of parents' schooling on children's schooling: A comparison of estimation methods
Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2010
We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent's schooling on child's schooling, and conclude that estimates differ across studies. We then consider three explanations for why this is: (a) idiosyncratic differences in data sets; (b) differences in remaining biases...
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The child adoption marketplace: Parental preferences and adoption outcomes
Skidmore, Mark; Anderson, Gary; Eiswerth, Mark - 2011
characteristics. Adoption costs are lower for older children, special needs children, and children of African descent. To our … inform policies regarding the transition of children from foster care to adoptive families and may help to determine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280636
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Do better schools lead to more growth?: cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274159
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A theoretical analysis of the effects of legislation on marriage, fertility, domestic division of labour, and the education of children
Cigno, Alessandro - 2007
Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … children equally between them, while the predominant pattern in developing countries is for the father to specialize in market … work leaving the care of the children to the mother. The other is that the sign of the cross-country correlation between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264246
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The consumption value of higher education
Alstadsæter, Annette; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2009
willing to forego 46 pct. of their potential income in order to enjoy the consumption value of this educational type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266028
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Beyond the classroom: Using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266109
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How much do educational outcomes matter in OECD countries?
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
rate versus just the steady-state income level - matters less than academic discussions suggest. We close by discussing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274864
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Optimal taxation and the skill premium
Angelopoulos, Konstantinos; Malley, Jim; … - 2012
The stylized facts suggest a negative relationship between tax progressivity and the skill premium from the early 1960s until the early 1990s, and a positive one thereafter. They also generally imply rising tax progressivity, except for the 1980s. In this paper, we ask whether optimal tax policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280835
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A case for taxing education
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim - 2005
individuals to acquire education may serve as an additional signal (to earned labor income) on the underlying unobserved innate … education, as a supplement to the labor income tax. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261166
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; van Ophem, Hans; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess the variance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this fresh perspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options, choosing parameters on basis of the very...
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