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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 …

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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...

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The Nature of Risk Preferences : Evidence from Insurance Choices

Barseghyan, Levon; Molinari, Francesca; O'Donoghue, Ted; … - 2021

We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates 'standard' risk aversion (diminishing marginal utility for wealth) and probability distortions. We find that probability distortions - characterized by substantial overweighting of small...

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Happiness as a Driver of Risk-Avoiding Behavior

Goudie, Robert J. B.; Mukherjee, Sach N.; De Neve, … - 2021

Understanding the reasons why individuals take risks, particularly unnecessary risks, remains an important question in economics. We provide the first evidence of a powerful connection between happiness and risk-avoidance. Using data on 300,000 Americans, we demonstrate that happier individuals...

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The Return to College : Selection Bias and Dropout Risk

Hendricks, Lutz - 2014

This paper estimates the effect of graduating from college on lifetime earnings. Motivated by the fact that nearly half of all college students fail to earn a bachelor's degree, we study a model of risky college completion. The central idea is that students drop out of college mainly because...

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Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions

Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2018

Evidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples' decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that...

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Qualifying Religion : The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production

Boppart, Timo; Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker; … - 2021

This paper examines the role of religious denomination for human capital formation. We employ a unique data set which covers, inter alia, information on numerous measures of school inputs in 169 Swiss districts for the years 1871/72, 1881/82 and 1894/95, marks from pedagogical examinations of...

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School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions : International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling

Falck, Oliver - 2010

schooling in 19th century as a natural experiment to obtain exogenous variation in current private-school shares. Our …

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The Effect of Child Care on Family Structure : Theory and Evidence

Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2012

children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision …

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Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development

Felfe, Christina - 2013

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … olds mainly crowds out maternal care? To answer this question we exploit a natural experiment framework and employ a … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in …

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