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Education and mental health : causal effects and intra-family spillovers
Özer, Mustafa; Fidrmuc, Jan - 2024
Mental health is essential for well-being and quality of life. Yet, our knowledge of the determinants of mental health … is limited. We analyze the impact of education on mental health using survey data on self-reported health of Turkish … 5 to 8 years in 1997. The results suggest that education has a favorable effect on mental health, physical health, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014583786
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Measurement error in education and growth regressions
Portela, Miguel (contributor); Alessie, Rob (contributor);  … - 2006
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP regressions. There is a systematic difference in the education level between census data and observations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301163
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Do second chances pay off?evidence from a natural experiment with low-achieving students
Bizopoulou, Aspasia; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Simion, … - 2022
In several countries, students who fail end-of-high-school high-stakes exams are faced with the choice of retaking them or forgoing postsecondary education. We explore exogenous variation generated by a 2006 policy that imposed a performance threshold for admission into postsecondary education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938965
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Family background and the responses to higher SAT scores
Graetz, George; Öckert, Björn; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2020
Using discontinuities within the Swedish SAT system, we show that additional admission opportunities causally affect college choices. Students with high-educated parents change timing, colleges, and fields in ways that appear consistent with basic economic theory. In contrast, very talented...
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Setting a good example? : examining sibling spillovers in educational achievement using a regression discontinuity design
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2019
We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from one district in Florida, we find positive spillover effects from an older to a younger child in less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982073
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School and crime
Jones, Todd R.; Karger, Ezra - 2023
Criminal activity is seasonal, peaking in the summer and declining through the winter. We provide the first evidence that arrests of children and reported crimes involving children follow a different pattern: peaking during the school year and declining in the summer. We use a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383756
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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? : evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in 'Gymnasium', the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944687
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Acess to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
Fiva, Jon H.; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - 2013
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens …. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational …) the use of such treatment improved these patients' survival. -- education ; health ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712444
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Birthweight and academic achievement in childhood
Chatterji, Pinka; Kim, Dohyung; Lahiri, Kajal - 2014
earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350481
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Sibling spillovers
Black, Sandra E.; Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Figlio, … - 2017
It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610897