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Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children : evidence from first- and second-generation immigrants

Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick A.; Haaren-Giebel, … - 2015

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and … associated with higher educational outcomes for immigrant children, possibly through a quantity-quality trade-off. Third, we show …

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The educational attainment of the children of the Danish "guest worker" immigrants

Jacobsen, Vibeke (contributor); Smith, Nina (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Does quality time produce quality children? : evidence on the intergenerational transmission of human capital using parental deaths

Gould, Eric D.; Simhon, Avi - 2011

This paper uses variation created by parental deaths in the amount of time children spend with each parent to examine … children who lost one parent during childhood, we find a series of striking patterns which show that the relationship is … largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in …

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A validation study of transgenerational effects of childhood conditions on the third generation offspring's economic and health outcomes potentially driven by epigenetic imprinting

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia - 2014

animal studies. We provide an external validation by analyzing the impact of the German famine of 1916-1918 on children and …

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Intergenerational transmission of inequality : maternal endowments, investments, and birth outcomes

Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J. - 2023

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal endowments and investments (education and smoking in...

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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2023

comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …

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More education, less volatility? : the effect of education on earnings volatility over the life cycle

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2017

Much evidence suggests that having more education leads to higher earnings in the labor market. However, there is little evidence about whether having more education causes employees to experience lower earnings volatility or shelters them from the adverse effects of recessions. We use a large...

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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment

Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2016

also find suggestive evidence that the paid exemption reform reduces the labor income for males in the target group. The …

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Exploring the impact of interrupted education on earnings : the educational cost of the Chinese cultural revolution

Meng, Xin (contributor); Gregory, Robert G. (contributor) - 2007

"During the Chinese Cultural Revolution many schools stopped normal operation for a long time, senior high schools stopped student recruitment for up to 6 years, and universities stopped recruitment for an even longer period. Such large scale school interruptions significantly reduced the...

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The college wage premium, overeducation, and the expansion of higher education in the UK

Walker, Ian (contributor); Zhu, Yu (contributor) - 2005

This paper provides findings from the UK Labour Force Surveys from 1996 to 2003 on the financial private returns to a degree the "college premium". The data covers a decade when the university participation rate doubled yet we find no significant evidence that the mean return to a degree dropped...

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