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The long-term impact of parental migration on the health of young left-behind children
Li, Jinkai; Luo, Erga; Cockx, Bart - 2023
In 2015, 15% of all children in China were left behind in the countryside because at least one of their parents … (CFPS) to investigate the dynamic effects of parental migration on the health of left behind young children (LBC). While we …. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the incidence of overweight declines gradually since their parents' first migration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431362
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Class-size caps, sorting, and the regression-discontinuity design
Urquiola Soux, Miguel; Verhoogen, Eric - In: The American economic review 99 (2009) 1, pp. 179-215
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825391
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Going to a better school : effects and behavioral responses
Pop-Eleches, Christian; Urquiola Soux, Miguel - In: The American economic review 103 (2013) 4, pp. 1289-1324
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009769091
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Modeling the effects of grade retention in high school
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to regression discontinuity designs, this approach captures treatment heterogeneity and controls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406802
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Reputation and school competition
MacLeod, William Bentley; Urquiola Soux, Miguel - In: The American economic review 105 (2015) 11, pp. 3471-3488
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413007
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Pure ethnic gaps in educational attainment and school to work transitions : when do they arise?
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart - 2013
This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual "pure ethnic gap". It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722407
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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it … behavioral biases among lower educated and younger students could explain these contrasting findings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285842