This paper investigates the determinants of academic achievements of post-reform undergraduate students of Ca' Foscari … University of Venice. Academic achievements are measured with the students' grade point averages and time to graduation. The set … of independent variables contains information on students' personal characteristics, prior academic achievements, family …

comparable income data. Our growth analysis using these data confirms the significant effects of cognitive skills on intra …

significant, and robust to controlling for personal characteristics, educational attainment, income, and measures of liquidity …

-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school …

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …

childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low-income … light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal …