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The economic costs of childhood socio-economic disadvantage
OECD - 2022
economic and social costs for both individuals and societies. Disadvantaged children often fall behind in skills development …
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The economic costs of childhood socio-economic disadvantage in European OECD countries
OECD - 2022
Growing up in socio-economic disadvantage has important and long-lasting effects on children’s lives. Children from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523775
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Childhood socio-economic disadvantage in Austria : A snapshot of key challenges
Clarke, Chris - 2023
series of key child services, the ultimate goal of the European Child Guarantee is to promote opportunities for children from … well as the potential lifelong effects it can have on children’s lives. This paper explores childhood socio … children reach adulthood, based on findings from Clarke et al. (2022). It also discusses key policy challenges Austria will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014491272
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Multi-dimensional living standards : a welfare measure based on preferences
Boarini, Romina; Murtin, Fabrice; Schreyer, Paul; … - 2016
We compute a distribution-adjusted welfare measure that aggregates outcomes in three dimensions of well-being, namely income, employment and longevity. Aggregation weights reflect preferences of people on these dimensions. The welfare measure is calculated for 26 OECD countries and selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574092
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Do parents invest less in worse-performing children? : evidence from the Asian financial crisis
Tsaneva, Magda - In: Bulletin of Indonesian economic studies 53 (2017) 1, pp. 83-93
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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities
Del Boca, Daniela - 2015
The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430563
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Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? : joint child custody laws affect not only divorced families but intact families as well
Halla, Martin - 2015
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2014
outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414158
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School absenteeism, work and health among Brazilian children: Full information versus limited information model
Machado, Danielle Carusi; Milcent, Carine; Huguenin, Jacques - In: Economia 14 (2013) 2, pp. 46-60
We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885085
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The Cyclicality of Births and Babies' Health, Revisited : Evidence from Unemployment Insurance
Dettling, Lisa J.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between aggregate labor market conditions and birth outcomes is mitigated by the consumption smoothing income assistance delivered through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a...
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