' education had no environmental impact on children's schooling. Interestingly, mothers' education matters more for girls, while …"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …

' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility … norms from migrants to their country of origin: a one percent decrease in the fertility norm to which migrants are exposed …

of remittances sent back by migrants to their families of origin. In agricultural settings, where those left behind are … very young children are particularly vulnerable to shocks that lead to growth faltering, with substantial long-term health …

chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the …

In the last 15 years, Indonesia has introduced a comprehensive package of education reforms designed to expand access … and improve quality. A key component of the reform process has been the devolution of responsibility for basic education … services to local governments and schools. The ability of local governments to deliver good quality basic education services …

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child … health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries …

tool not only for encouraging families to enroll their children in school, but also keeping them there. Indeed, the results … indicate that students whose families received the cash transfers were more likely to graduate high school, an educational … milestone that opens doors to higher education and in developing countries especially, increases employment opportunities. The …