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Inequalities in educational outcomes : how important is the family?
Bredtmann, Julia; Smith, Nina - 2016
In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571864
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A closer look: proximity boosts homeless student performance in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters … near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change … schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and retention. Homeless high schoolers have 5 percent (2.5 days) better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257997
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Beyond the average : peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - 2014
Estimating the effect of "ethnic capital" on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify the causal impact of parental peer-heterogeneity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457394
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Does domestic violence jeopardize the learning environment of peers within the school? : peer effects of exposure to domestic violence in urban Peru
Gutierrez, Italo A.; Molina, Oswaldo - 2020
This study builds on the findings of Carrell and Hoekstra (2010, 2018) by exploring the peer effects of domestic violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors...
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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction
Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480821
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Economic and social perspectives of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as improvements in day care provision for children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001585127
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Age effects in education : a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrant children
Abatemarco, Antonio; Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Marino, … - 2021
A double disadvantage occurs when the interaction of two disadvantages generates an additional disadvantage. We show that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to the average native, reduces scores in Italian by 17% and...
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School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes
Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Öckert, Björn - 2021
This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the school entry cut-off give birth at higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419210
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Educational assortative mating and harsh parenting in sub-Saharan Africa
Pesando, Luca Maria; De Cao, Elisabetta; La Mattina, Giulia - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366738
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Determinants of teacher value-added in public primary schools : evidence from administrative panel data
Tanaka, Ryūichi; Bessho, Shun-ichiro; Kawamura, Akira; … - 2020
primary schools to investigate the empirical relationship between testscore TVA and observable traits and promotions of … control for potential sorting of students across schools. Using unique administrative panel data of students in public primary … schools of a large municipality of Japan, we find TVA distribution to have variance comparable to ones observed in the U …
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