compromise these results. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. …

Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) werden Personen betrachtet, die im Zeitablauf zu Eltern werden. Es ergibt sich ein … signifikant positiver Effekt von Kinder im Haushalt. Weiterhin werden Interaktionsterme gebildet, um Effekte individueller …

educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …

children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic downturn, coupled with increased unemployment, affects children …'s education attainment negatively. In terms of monetary units, the average effect of the 1993 German recessionon children …'s educational attainment corresponds to a loss of average monthly household equivalence income of about 50%. A second important …

targets, it is important to examine various economic and sociocultural demand-side factors that hinder children from attending … appear to have substantial consequences on school attendance: perceptions about school readiness of children, economic … related to why preprimary-aged children not in school are viewed as being too young for schooling, why primary-aged children …

children were not in school. A description of these children is provided here as well as that of children who are at risk of … dropping out of primary and secondary levels of education. Reasons for children not being in school are discussed, together …

, our results further support the advice to parents of young children not to smoke. …This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …