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Cognitive development among young children in Ecuador : the roles of wealth, health, and parenting
Paxson, Christina H.; Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002925846
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Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries
Schady, Norbert Rüdiger; Behrman, Jere R.; Araujo, … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242941
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The SES health gradient on both sides of the Atlantic
Banks, James; Marmot, Michael G.; Oldfield, Zoe͏̈; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003405185
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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009378455
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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
as labor earnings of the children who went through the post reform school system, in particular for individuals … the generation directly affected by the reform as well as their children. We use census data on all born in Sweden between … 1945 and 1955 and all their children merged with individual register data on all convictions between 1981 and 2008. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235170
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The effect of school quality on educational attainment and wages
Dearden, Lorraine (contributor); Ferri, Javier (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001536306
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The effect of childhood education on old age cognitive abilities : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Banks, James - 2011
We exploit the change to the minimum school-leaving age in the United Kingdom from 14 to 15 using a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the causal effect of one more year of education on cognitive abilities at older ages. We find a large and significant effect of this reform on males'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905993
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro (contributor); Meghir, Costas (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003546918
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What can we learn about pension reform from generational accounts for the UK?
Banks, James; Disney, Richard; Oldfield, Zoe͏̈ - 1999
This paper considers the relevance of a set of generational accounts in informing policy debate in the UK. With regard to transparency, Generational Accounts can, under sensible assumptions, provide a useful summary statistic to supplement our analysis of government policy. Interpreting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537906
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Functional literacy, heterogeneity and the returns to schooling : multi-country evidence
Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Sakellariou, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221251