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income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address … and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the … differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating …
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The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful "omnibus measure" of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...
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parents and children. We find that higher levels of parents' wealth and income increase the likelihood that children attend …This paper examines the influence of parental wealth and income on children's college attendance and parental financing … of housing debt that parents hold but does not reduce student debt for children …
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Neither market income nor consumption expenditure provides an adequate picture of individual standard of living. It is … polarization effects of parental child care where compensation/substitution of time for parental child care versus income is … multidimensional polarization intensity information for the poor and the rich and disentangles the single time and income contribution …
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We study how fathers and mothers income satisfaction correlates with the income satisfaction of their sons and … daughters, as well as with other economic and socio-demographic variables. We estimate these correlations using data on parents … and children in households surveyed in the eight waves of the European Community Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001) for 14 …
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We find a positive relationship between math attitude and students' math scores using data obtained from PISA 2012 and …
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compositions. Today, the descendants of these immigrants live and work in their parents destination countries. This paper presents …
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educational attainment. Is it a genetic inter-generational transmission of innate ability from parents to their children (i ….e. nature) or is it the environment that the better educated parents provide for their children (i.e. nurture) that explains …It is evident that a strong positive correlation persists between the educational attainment of parents and that of …
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persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter …
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study, we focus on the reliability of students' earnings expectations. To what extent is observed log earnings expectations …
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