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Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Autor, David H. - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 – 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988233
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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Danzer, Natalia - 2017
's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953697
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Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform
Danzer, Natalia; Lavy, Victor - 2021
parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315686
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Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition : Evidence from the Greek Famine
Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - 2021
This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316222
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Extracurricular Educational Programs and School Readiness : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment with Preschool Children
Makles, Anna - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996262
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Does Maternal Education Affect Childhood Immunization Rates? Evidence from Turkey
Ozer, Mustafa - 2017
children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women's and their spouse's labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955419
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The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling - A Comparison of Estimation Methods
Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2021
We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and conclude that estimates differ across studies. We then consider three explanations for why this is: (a) idiosyncratic differences in data sets; (b) differences in remaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316139
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Skills, parental sorting, and child inequality
Nybom, Martin; Plug, Erik J. S.; Klaauw, Bas van der; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490914
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Mothers working during preschool years and child skills : does income compensate?
Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219893
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The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence
Balestra, Simone - 2018
Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … relatively younger children to special needs services. The effect is persistent throughout compulsory schooling, resulting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926555