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Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - 2011 - This draft: October 2011

Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children's skill...

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Personality and the education-health gradient : a note on "Understanding differences in health behaviors by education"

Conti, Gabriella; Hansman, Christopher - 2012

education-health gradient by using alternative measures of child personality available in the National Child Development Study …

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The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive development

Iacovou, Maria; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - 2010 - This version: December 2010

only children's health, but also their cognitive skills. -- Breastfeeding ; Cognitive Outcomes ; Child Development ; ALSPAC …

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Does breastfeeding support at work help mothers and employers at the same time?

Del Bono, Emilia; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela - 2012

probability to return to work by 4 and 6 months after the birth of the child. The latter effects are only found for women with … higher levels of education. -- breastfeeding ; cognitive development ; child outcomes …

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The roots of cooperation

Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2021 - This version: 10 June 2021

Understanding the roots of human cooperation among strangers is of great importance for solving pressing social dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine...

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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021

The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...

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The roots of cooperation

Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2021

We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine pre-registered hypotheses about which of three fundamental pillars of human cooperation – direct and indirect reciprocity, and third-party punishment – emerges earliest...

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Parental leave and children's schooling outcomes : quasi-experimental evidence from a large parental leave reform

Danzer, Natalia; Lavy, Victor - 2013

This paper investigates the question whether long-term human capital outcomes are affected by the duration of maternity leave, i.e. by the time mothers spend at home with their newborn before returning to work. Employing RD and difference-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an...

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Breastfeeding and child cognitive outcomes : evidence from a hospital-based breastfeeding support policy

Del Bono, Emilia; Rabe, Birgitta - 2012

This paper estimates the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child development using exogenous variation in … positive on many different measures of child cognitive development throughout early childhood. In contrast to the previous … improvement in child emotional development and maternal mental health. …

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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2019

We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for...

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