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Parental education and child's education : a natural experiment

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

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How skills and parental valuation of education influence human capital acquisition and early labor market return to human capital in Canada

Kottelenberg, Michael J.; Lehrer, Steven F. - 2019

for education play a larger role in determining income at age 25 than cognitive skills. Last, our analysis uncovers …

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

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

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

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

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Does education raise productivity, or just reflect it?

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

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Do opportunities for low-income students at top colleges promote academic success? : evidence from Colombia's Ser Pilo Paga program

Penney, Jeffrey; Lehrer, Steven F.; Bernal, Gloria L.; … - 2023 - Version October 16, 2023

In 2014, the government of Colombia launched a unique meanstested and merit-based scholarship program called Ser Pilo Paga. We examine the effects of this scholarship on student performance on the country's university exit exam and other educational outcomes. Exploiting thresholds for...

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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

The causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive development : a quasi-experimental design

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - 2010

Objective: To estimate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive skills as measured at ages 3, 5, 7 …). Participants: Data on 11,792 (age 3) and 9117 (age 5) children in MCS and 4923 (age 7 and 11) children in NCDS. Main outcome …: The duration of breastfeeding has a small, but significant, effect on children's cognitive skills in the linear regression …

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The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children’s long-run outcomes

Hicks, Jeffrey; Simard-Duplain, Gaëlle; Green, David A.; … - 2023

substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …

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