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Birth Order and Delinquency : Evidence from Denmark and Florida
Breining, Sanni - 2017
environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961952
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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 … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087731
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The Value of Smarter Teachers : International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
-effects estimation exploiting within-country between-subject variation in teacher skills. Observed country variations in teacher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005432
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011
-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school … datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118501
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Taxing Childcare : Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2021
Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315925
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Structural Transformation, Marketization, and Household Production Around the World
Bridgman, Benjamin - 2015
We provide evidence on household and market production in 36 countries since 1960. On average the household sector accounts for almost half of total hours worked. As GDP per capita increases, the employment share of household production in total hours worked initially declines and then hardly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012290
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Public Provision, Commodity Demand and Hours of Work : An Empirical Analysis
Pirttila, Jukka - 2010
Atkinson and Stiglitz (Journal of Public Economics 1976) show that when the government has access to non-linear income taxation and consumer preferences are separable between consumption and leisure, there is no need for differentiated commodity taxation. This paper examines the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145299
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On the Allocation of Time -- A Quantitative Analysis of the U.S. and France
Duernecker, Georg - 2015
We study the allocation of time in the U.S. and in Europe during 1960-2010. We find that market hours decreased and leisure increased most in France and least in the U.S. Contrary to what standard theory predicts, home hours changed comparatively little. We show that the growth model with home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017367
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Intergenerational Transmission of Skills During Childhood and Optimal Public Policy
Casarico, Alessandra; Micheletto, Luca; Sommacal, Alessandro - 2021
that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316071
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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158651