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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665488
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(Breaking) intergenerational transmission of mental health
Bütikofer, Aline; Ginja, Rita; Karbownik, Krzysztof; … - 2023
show that a policy targeting additional health resources for the young children of adults diagnosed with mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014310036
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Integrating minorities in the classroom : the role of students, parents, and teachers
Gendre, Alexandra de; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Salamanca, … - 2024
We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to classrooms. Consistent with our model, we show that exposure to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529185
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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011797
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The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2022
We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid after childbirth. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041389
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Birth order and delinquency : evidence from Denmark and Florida
Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Doyle, Joseph J.; Figlio, … - 2017
environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602688
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The effects of graduating from high school in a recession : college investments, skill formation, and labor-market outcomes
Hampf, Franziska; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2020
We investigate the short- and long-term effects of economic conditions at high-school graduation as a source of exogenous variation in the labor-market opportunities of potential college entrants. Exploiting business cycle fluctuations across birth cohorts for 28 developed countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211048
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Does early educational tracking increase migrant-native achievement gaps?
Ruhose, Jens; Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492327
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The effects of student composition on teacher turnover : evidence from an admission reform
Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2016
(immigrant status, parental income or paternal cognitive skills). Finally, the data do not support the compensating wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547918
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Africa's skill tragedy : does teachers' lack of knowledge lead to low student performance?
Bietenbeck, Jan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2015
student performance in this region using unique international assessment data for sixth-grade students and their teachers. To … circumvent potential bias due to unobserved student heterogeneity, we exploit variation within students across math and reading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305375