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Research and policy discussion about the diverging fortunes of children from advantaged and disadvantaged households have focused on the skill disparities between these children – how they might arise and how they might be remediated. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of...
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three years later at the end of middle school, we find that...
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received less attention is education quality. If technological change that reduces the reliance of production on emissions is … elastic skill supply through better education quality may mitigate adverse economic outcomes, including wage inequality, and … economy's reliance on emissions for production. Having higher quality education - defined as the level of cognitive skills …
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marginal future earnings on the basis of a four-month shutdown. We also estimated the losses by level of education. The …
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Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education - underachievement in school by boys and low rates …
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We examine the differential effects of family disadvantage on the education and adult labor market outcomes of men and … parental education and family structure during childhood to male-female and brother-sister differences in teenage outcomes … from an advantageous family environment than do girls in terms of the behavior and grade-school outcomes. Father …
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increase in single-parent households may be contributing to the growing gender gap in education, as boys are more vulnerable to …
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strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
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