an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …We present direct evidence on the link between children’s patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … years later at the end of middle school, we find that patience significantly predicts choosing an academic track. This …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in … Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive … groups. In a difference-in-differences design, we compare the change for individuals with children to the change for …

Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision- making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii …) enrol their children earlier in primary school; and (iii) adjust their secondary school track choices in a way that enables …

and experimental data from 5,580 children and their parents, we find that children exposed to positive parenting have …We study the relationship between parenting style and a broad range of children’s skills and outcomes. Based on survey … satisfied with their life. Positive parenting is negatively associated with children’s neuroticism, patience, engagement in …

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school … consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …

their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son's of affected parents at delivery. Yet …, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …