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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884097
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269293
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2005
This paper examines the causal relationship between parents' education and that of their children in Norway. In 1959 … effect of the reform was to reduce the proportion of people with fewer than nine years of education from 12 percent to three … percent, with a new spike at nine years. For mothers, there is a positive effect of maternal education on the education of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269346
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Too young to leave the nest? The effects of school starting age
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2008
market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269509
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Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279254
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Education and Mobility
Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822153
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Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822163
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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822567
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Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763749
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Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies
Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
’ education or with other indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is … researchers. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize and evaluate recent empirical research on education and family background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550512