It has been argued that since 2014, under the BJP-led central government, welfare benefits in India have become better …

. Contrary to some earlier interpretations, the system did not arbitrarily indent poor children. Court officials negotiated … of indenting indigent children. Black and white children received comparable compensation during the term of the … indenture, but blacks were promised and received substantially less education than whites. It was in the provision of education …

The current high rates of return to human capital stimulate a supply response via increased investments in education … differential in wages. This paper reports estimates of: the responses of investments in post-secondary education, measured by …

either a concept-based, general' education or a skill-specific, vocational' education. General education is more costly to … policies favor vocational education will grow slower in equilibrium than one that favors general education. Moreover, the gap … education subsidy policy we demonstrate that the optimal subsidy for general education increases with the growth rate of …

Income Dynamics (PSID). We find that children raised by step, adoptive or foster mothers obtain significantly less education …In this paper we compare the educational attainment of birth and non-birth children of women in the Panel Study of … on average than do the birth children of the same women. Controlling for the women's fixed effects, the non …

In this paper we evaluate the degree to which the adverse parental divorce effect on university education operates … education outcome. Non-economic mechanisms, such as psychological and mental shocks, are more likely to dominate. Our further …

associations with adult health. Net of adolescent influences, completed education has a significant association with adult health …

Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes …. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression … representative samples of children from both countries. Second, we focus on "screeners" that were administered to all children in our …