wives of men in these groups in the period from 1978 through 1999. Parents' schooling, especially mother's schooling, does …

In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

opportunities of less educated natives is scant. On the question of assimilation, the success of the U.S.-born children of … daughters have higher education and wages than the children of natives. Even children of the least- educated immigrant origin … groups have closed most of the education gap with the children of natives …

children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years …

Uniform use in public schools is rising, but we know little about how they affect students. Using a unique dataset from …

) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant … significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever …-LEP students). However, there are significant positive spillover effects to their non-LEP peers …

affirm that marginal returns to education among children of less-educated parents are as high and perhaps much higher than … education and earnings than other men. The education and earnings gains are concentrated among men with poorly-educated parents …