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Parental education and child's education : a natural experiment

Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002075141

The impact of parental earnings and education on the schooling of children

Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent; … - 2011

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009259468

The impact of parental income and education on the schooling of their children

Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; O'Sullivan, Vincent; … - 2010

between the causal effects of parental income and parental education levels. Least squares estimation reveals conventional … results – weak effects of income (when the child is 16), stronger effects of maternal education than paternal, and stronger … effects on sons than daughters. We find that the education effects remain significant even when household income is included …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810596

Can education compensate for low ability? : Evidence from British data

Denny, Kevin (contributor); O'Sullivan, Vincent (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002089858

Mother's education and birth weight

Chevalier, Arnaud; O'Sullivan, Vincent - 2007

Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003869829

Born to be wild? : The effect of birth order, families and schools on truancy

Denny, Kevin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002122659

Does education raise productivity, or just reflect it?

Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001726500

Class size effects : evidence using a new estimation technique

Denny, Kevin; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2010

This paper estimates the marginal effect of class size on educational attainment of high school students. We control … improvements in student’s mathematics scores. Only the results for the United Kingdom are statistically significant. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822713

Civic returns to education : its effect on homophobia

Denny, Kevin - 2011

This paper addresses the question of whether higher levels of education contribute to greater tolerance of homosexuals. Using survey data for Ireland and exploiting a major reform to education, the abolition of fees for secondary schools in 1968, it is shown that increases in education causes...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008991305

Class size effects : evidence using a new estimation technique

Denny, Kevin; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2010

This paper estimates the marginal effect of class size on educational attainment of high school students. We control …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729658