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How Distance to a Non-Residential Parent Relates to Child Outcomes
Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz; Stratton, Leslie S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A substantial and growing fraction of children across Europe and the US live in single parent households. Law practices are evolving to encourage both parents to maintain contact with their children following parental separation/divorce, driven by the belief that such contact is in the best...
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Birth Weight and the Dynamics of Early Cognitive and Behavioural Development
Del Bono, Emilia; Ermisch, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the endogeneity of birth weight we use an estimator based on the eliminant method. When coupled with ordinary least squares,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969327
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703341
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Do Population Control Policies Induce More Human Capital Investment? Twins, Birthweight, and China's 'One Child' Policy
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade-off between the quality and quantity of children using the incidence of twins that for the first time takes into account effects associated with the lower birthweight and...
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A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. …
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Fat and Out in Salerno and Province: Adolescent Obesity and Early School Leaving in Southern Italy
Barone, Adriana; O'Higgins, Niall - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Salerno in Southern Italy. A simple human capital investment model is employed and this provides a framework within which to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103263
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The Impact of Parents Migration on the Well-being of Children Left Behind: Initial Evidence from Romania
Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration...
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Early Life Adversity and Children's Competence Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627839
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On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation: Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto...
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Modin, Bitte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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