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The impact pf parental income and education on the schooling of their children
Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent; … - 2005
leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in permanent income, parental education levels, and shocks to income at this age … effects on sons than daughters. We find that the education effects remain significant even when household income is included …. Moreover, decomposing the income when the child is 16 between a permanent component and shocks to income at age 16 only the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292953
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The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Schooling of Their Children
Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent; … - 2005
leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in permanent income, parental education levels, and shocks to income at this age … effects on sons than daughters. We find that the education effects remain significant even when household income is included …. Moreover, decomposing the income when the child is 16 between a permanent component and shocks to income at age 16 only the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276084
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The impact of parentall income and education on the schooling of their children
Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent; … - 2005
leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in permanent income, parental education levels, and shocks to income at this age … effects on sons than daughters. We find that the education effects remain significant even when household income is included …. Moreover, decomposing the income when the child is 16 between a permanent component and shocks to income at age 16, only the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290658
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Can education compensate low ability? Evidence from british data
Denny, Kevin; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2004
This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether the returns to education vary with the level of ability. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 we find, unlike most of the existing literature, clear evidence that the return to schooling is lower for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292976
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Education. earning and skills: A multi-country comparison
Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2004
This paper uses the measures of basic skills (or functional literacy) in the International Adult Literacy Survey to examine the impact of education and basic skills on earnings across a large number of countries. We show that the estimated return to formal education is sensitive to the inclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293070
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Can education compensate for low ability? Evidence from British data
Denny, Kevin; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2004
This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether education and ability are substitutes or complements in the determination of earnings. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 we find, unlike most of the existing literature, clear evidence that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293869
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Mother's education and birth weight
Chevalier, Arnaud; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2007
Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268044