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migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents' years since migration on children … of each parent's years since migration on their children's school achievements. We exploit local variation in years since … children ; second generation ; fixed effects …
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of each parent’s years since migration on their children’s school achievements. We exploit variation in years since … migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents’ years since migration on children …
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migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents' years since migration on children … of each parent's years since migration on their children's school achievements. We exploit local variation in years since …
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This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects … on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of … children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13% lower labor …
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We analyze the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighborhood effects on several aspects of the school-to-work transition of second generation immigrants and young ethnic Danes. The main findings are that parental capital has strong positive...
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Taking advantage of unique longitudinal data, we provide the first characterization of what college students believe at … of why students hold the initial beliefs about majors that they do. The data collection and analysis are based directly … that students enter school quite optimistic about obtaining a science degree, but that relatively few students end up …
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best viewed as the end result of a learning process. We find that students enter college as open to a major in math or … science as to any other major group, but that a large number of students move away from math and science after realizing that … because students realize that their ability in math/science is lower than expected rather than because students realize that …
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