This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …

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 …

parental unemployment on children's human capital should be considered by policymakers, as should educational interventions to …

their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son’s of affected parents at delivery. Yet …, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …

The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never … information on parents' schooling and employment status. Unemployment might have negative psychological effects, with impact on …

Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their … children’s skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills … rationalized with shocks having a delayed impact on children’s skills …