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Intergenerational education mobility among the children of Canadian immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman (contributor);  … - 2008
We analyze the intergenerational education mobility of Canadian men and women born to immigrants. A detailed portrait of Canadians is offered, as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants. Persistence in the years of schooling across the generations is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762907
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Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes : evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco (contributor);  … - 2005
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280834
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Do population control policies induce more human capital investment? : Twins, birthweight, and China's 'one child' policy
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard (contributor);  … - 2006
lower bounds on the trade-off between family size and average child quality. Our estimates indicate that, at least in one … area of China, an extra child at parity one or at parity two, net of birthweight effects, significantly decreases the … do not identify family size effects but are confounded by inter-child allocation effects because of the birthweight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310954
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Estimates of the effect of parents' schooling on children's schooling using censored and uncensored samples
Haan, Monique de (contributor); Plug, Erik J. S. (contributor) - 2006
In this paper we estimate the impact of parental schooling on child schooling, focus on the problem that children who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003491065
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School drop-out and push-out factors in Brazil : the role of early parenthood, child labor, and poverty
Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor); Verner, Dorte (contributor) - 2006
parenthood, child labor, and poverty in pushing teenagers out of school is subject to particular attention. The potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003523109
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The legacy of immigration : labour market performance and education in the second generation
Hum, Derek; Simpson, Wayne - In: Applied economics 39 (2007) 13/15, pp. 1985-2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003535283
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The effect of childhood conduct disorder on human capital
Koning, Pierre; Webbink, Herman Dinand; Vujić, Sunčica; … - 2010
This paper estimates the longer-term effects of childhood conduct disorder on human capital accumulation and violent and criminal behaviour later in life using data of Australian twins. We measure conduct disorder with a rich set of indicators based on diagnostic criteria from psychiatry. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962937
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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice
Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2010
It is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009397
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The effect of early childhood development program attendance on future school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India
Hazarika, Gautam; Viren, Vejoya - 2010
This paper examines the effect of prior participation in early childhood developmental programs, considered endogenous, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less developed countries recent influential research on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011584
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Recommendation, class repeating, and children's ability : German school tracking experiences
Ochsen, Carsten - In: Applied economics 43 (2011) 25/27, pp. 4127-4133
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009380446