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Parents, Siblings and Schoolmates : The Effects of Family-School Interactions on Educational Achievement and Long-Term Labor Market Outcomes
Bertoni, Marco - 2017
We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … siblings and own parental education. We find that boys with sisters have worse employment prospects than boys with no sisters … dispersion of parental education increases. Overall, the size of the estimated effects is small …
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2021
Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318673
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Earnings in Contemporary Russia
Borisov, Gleb - 2016
We make use of longitudinal data for the Russian economy over 1994-2013 to obtain earnings and education information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980300
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Adolescent obestity, educational attainment and adult earnings
Amis, John; Hussey, Andrew; Okunade, Albert A. - In: Applied economics letters 21 (2014) 13/15, pp. 945-950
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Children's public health insurance ans scholastic success
Robinson, Christina; Coomer, Nicole M. - In: Applied economics letters 21 (2014) 7/9, pp. 459-462
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The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring : Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine
Kim, Seonghoon - 2010
understates the total impact on the second generation's accumulation of human capital. Our estimation results are generally robust … to IV estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137786
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Child Mental Health and Educational Attainment : Multiple Observers and the Measurement Error Problem
Johnston, David W. - 2011
progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121757
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read : A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122967
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The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China
Oskorouchi, Hamid - 2020
-term positive and economically meaningful effects on nonhealth outcomes such as education and cognitive skills. These effects are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837904
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Maternal Investments in Children : The Role of Expected Effort and Returns
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2020
We investigate the importance of subjective expectations of returns to and effort costs of the two main investments that mothers make in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation. We find heterogeneity across mothers in expected effort costs and expected returns for outcomes in the cognitive,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838491