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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696359
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322018
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Parental Education and Child Health : Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Chou, Shin-Yi - 2007
wives of men in these groups in the period from 1978 through 1999. Parents' schooling, especially mother's schooling, does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465182
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The Effects of Alcohol Policies in Reducing Entry Rates and Time Spent in Foster Care
Markowitz, Sara - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate the propensity for alcohol-related policies to influence rates of entry into foster care and the length of time spent in foster care. Alcohol consumption is believed to be major contributing factor to child maltreatment, associated with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461742
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Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment
Kaestner, Robert - 2009
In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and adolescent's educational attainment, as measured by highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status. Data for the study came from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463655
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The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time : Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
Many American states require that students lacking basic reading proficiency after third grade be retained and … retained students are compared to their same-age peers, but remain substantial through grade 10 when compared to students in … the same grade. Being retained in third grade due to missing the promotion standard increases students' grade point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457159