income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address … and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the … differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example …, greater family income. Our study is highly relevant for public policy as in most countries maternal employment rates rise when …

This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children …

benefits from exposure to "privileged" peers accrue mainly to "disadvantaged" students. These benefits decline when the …

scores, and sizable effects on college attendance and enrollment at more selective institutions, in particular for low-income … children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

uses administrative data on students attending a large public university to estimate the effect of DACA on undocumented … students' educational outcomes. The data are unique because they accurately identify students' legal status, account for … individual heterogeneity, and allow separate analysis of students attending community colleges versus baccalaureate-granting, 4 …

quality of the neighborhood, the higher the parents' involvement in children's education, indicating cultural complementarity …We develop a model that analyzes the impact of residential neighborhood and parents' involvement in education on … children's educational attainment and test it using the UK National Child Development Study. We find that the better the …

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential … from parents to their children, there are large discrepancies with respect to the age group and the type of skill. The … personality traits (Big Five, locus of control) on their adolescent and young adult children's traits with the effects of parental …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background …