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Are grandparents a good substitute for parents as the primary caregiver? : the impact of grandparents on children's academic performance
Wang, Sophie Xuefei; Bansak, Cynthia - 2022
This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254240
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Aligning student, parent, and teacher incentives : evidence from Houston public schools
Fryer, Roland G. <Jr.> - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490072
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Does quality time produce quality children? : evidence on the intergenerational transmission of human capital using parental deaths
Gould, Eric D.; Simhon, Avi - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008909488
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Inequality at birth : some causes and consequences
Currie, Janet M. - 2011
provide new evidence on this question, showing that children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901487
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Keepin' 'em down on the farm : migration and strategic investment in children's schooling
Jensen, Robert T.; Miller, Nolan - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615759
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Age effects in education : a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrant children
Abatemarco, Antonio; Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Marino, … - 2021
that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to … benefits to second-generation immigrant children. Besides, we point out the possibility of exploiting the larger impact of the … relative age on second-generation children in order to support their performance and reduce the large penalization associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417618
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704643
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Biologe as destiny? : Short and long-run determinants of intergenerational transmission of birth weight
Currie, Janet M.; Moretti, Enrico - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003122234
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Getting parents involved : a field experiment in deprived schools
Avvisati, Francesco; Gurgand, Marc; Guyon, Nina; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008667441
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The economics of parenting
Doepke, Matthias; Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983948