We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and …

Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …

Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based …

performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students … performance and change in major. And in the long run it did not produce any difference in income or labor market outcomes. We do …