Massive cross-sectional evidence exists indicating that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates … for identification within the same data: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. We find no effect of mothers …' education on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother …

Massive cross-sectional evidence exists indicating that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates … for identification within the same data: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. We find no effect of mothers …' education on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother …

There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates on tests …: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. In line with most of the literature, we find no effect of mothers' education … on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother's education …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

, even though displacement episodes early in children's lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children's teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … precipitation at the time of the accident. We find robust empirical evidence of compensating investment behavior by parents in …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … precipitation at the time of the accident. We find robust empirical evidence of compensating investment behavior by parents in …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … precipitation at the time of the accident. We find robust empirical evidence of compensating investment behavior by parents in …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. We interpret … capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects, we can rely on exogenous variation in … of the long-term effects of early-life shocks on children. These estimates should only be interpreted as reduced …