This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …

The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting consequences, especially for children of … policies on the intergenerational persistence of education in 17 Latin American countries. First, we retrieve detailed … information on school lockdowns and on the policies enacted to support education from home in each country. Then, we use these …

series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …, on average. This pattern seems to be driven by the high upward mobility of children from low-educated families; at the …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …Inequality of opportunity strikes when two children with the same academic performance are sent to diff erent quality … children are signi ficantly less likely to enter the academic track if they come from low socio-economic status (SES) families …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …