Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying … causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a … decade to present new evidence that children of Asian immigrants begin spending more time than their peers on educational …

during the First Indochina War. Difference-in-difference estimation results suggest that school-age children who were exposed … educated spouses, and raised more educated children. We discuss various robustness checks and extensions that support these …

, Vietnam still remains a large positive outlier conditional on its income. Possible higher motivation of, and coaching given to …, Vietnamese students only partly explains Vietnam's performance, and this is also the case for various observed household- and … and the other participating countries is due not to differences in students' and schools' observed characteristics, but …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … pronounced for higher performing students. By contrast, gender differences in media time are the main factor explaining gender … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …