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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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Why do parents under invest in their children's education? : evidence from China
Wang, Jiyuan; Alessie, Rob; Angelini, Viola - 2022
explain the underinvestment of parents in their children's human capital. We first incorporate these two potential mechanisms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801886
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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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Intervening at home and then at school : a randomized evaluation of two approaches to improve early educational outcomes in Tonga
Macdonald, Kevin; Brinkman, Sally; Jarvie, Wendy; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002660
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Promoting parental involvement in schools : evidence from two randomized experiments
Barrera, Felipe; Gertler, Paul J.; Nakajima, Nozomi; … - 2020
experiment provided information to parents about how to support their children's learning. Overall, the interventions induced …Parental involvement programs aim to increase school-and-parent communication and support children's overall learning … effects among indigenous parents who have historically been discriminated and socially excluded - and improved student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390617
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Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
Adermon, Adrian - 2019
parents’ siblings and cousins, their spouses, and the spouses’ siblings. Using various human capital measures, we show that … extended family relative to the parents increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871027
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Education outcomes, school governance and parents’ demand for accountability : evidence from Albania
Serra, Danila; Barr, Abigail; Packard, Truman - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009384135
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Parental unemployment and adolescents' academic performance
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
parental unemployment on children's human capital should be considered by policymakers, as should educational interventions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013541650