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children's education - not, however, on health. The effects on children's education aggravate over time. Empirical evidence … for children's development. We examine this hypothesis by analyzing the short-and long-run effects on children's health … and education of a specific shock: housing damages caused by a super typhoon. Our results reveal negative effects on …
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We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education (i.e. the … effect of entering secondary school as opposed to leaving school after primary education) is positive and amounts to a 4 …
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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 …
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We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education (i.e. the … effect of entering secondary school as opposed to leaving school after primary education) is positive and amounts to a 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877909
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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-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school …
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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 …
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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...
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children’s education - not, however, on health. The effects on children’s education aggravate over time. Empirical evidence … for children’s development. We examine this hypothesis by analyzing the short-and long-run effects on children’s health … and education of a specific shock: housing damages caused by a super typhoon. Our results reveal negative effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877975
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
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