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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293068
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268532
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2010
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our … results show substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288339
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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae - 2010
This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 6 percentage points in the college premium. We show that although a standard demand and supply framework can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278473
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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960 - 2000
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae - 2008
This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 8 percentage points in the college premium. The standard demand and supply framework (Katz and Murphy, 1992, Card...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288435
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Labor market discrimination and racial differences in premarket factors
Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2005
We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317899
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Estimating marginal returns to education
Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James; Vytlacil, Edward - 2010
the return to schooling. Some marginal policy changes inducing students into college produce very low returns. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288375
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Long term impacts of compensatory preschool on health and behavior: Evidence from head start
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - 2012
problems and obesity of male children at ages 12 and 13. It also lowers depression and obesity among adolescents, and reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282137