Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,224
Cover Image
The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement
Belley, Philippe - 2007
This paper uses data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohorts (NLSY79 and NLSY97) to estimate changes in the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment for youth in their late teens during the early 1980s and early 2000s. Cognitive ability plays an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465119
Cover Image
Keepin' 'em Down on the Farm : Migration and Strategic Investment in Children's Schooling
Jensen, Robert - 2017
In rural areas of most developing countries, intergenerational coresidence is both widespread and an important determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on the family farm or provide care and assistance around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455559
Cover Image
Household Finance over the Life-Cycle : What does Education Contribute?
Cooper, Russell - 2014
This paper studies household financial choices: why are these decisions dependent on the education level of the … household? A life-cycle model is constructed to understand a rich set of facts about decisions of households with different …, education affects household finance mainly through increased average income. The estimation also finds evidence that higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457982
Cover Image
Educational Assortative Mating and Household Income Inequality
Eika, Lasse - 2014
quantify the contribution of various factors to the distribution of household income. We find that educational assortative … mating accounts for a non-negligible part of the cross-sectional inequality in household income in each country. However …, changes in assortative mating over time barely move the time trends in household income inequality. This is because the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458394
Cover Image
Household Finance : Education, Permanent Income and Portfolio Choice
Cooper, Russell - 2013
This paper studies household financial choices: why are these decisions dependent on the education level of the … household? A life cycle model is constructed to understand a rich set of facts about decisions of households with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459207
Cover Image
Financial Literacy, Retirement Preparation and Pension Expectations in the Netherlands
Alessie, Rob J. - 2011
We present new evidence on financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands based on two surveys conducted before and after the onset of the financial crisis. We document that while financial knowledge did not increase from 2005 to 2010, significantly more individuals planned for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461548
Cover Image
Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from PIRLS
Ammermueller, Andreas - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466488
Cover Image
Education, Poverty, Political Violence and Terrorism : Is There a Causal Connection?
Krueger, Alan B. - 2002
The paper investigates whether there is a causal link between poverty or low education and participation in politically … above the poverty line or a secondary school or higher education is positively associated with participation in Hezbollah …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469639
Cover Image
Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Autor, David - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. We find that, relative to their sisters, boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456408
Cover Image
Shaping Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty : Free College or Better Schools
Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander; Popova, Irina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
disciplined by US household survey data on income, wealth, education and time use. Studying the transitions induced by unexpected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544745