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Earnings returns to the British education expansion

Devereux, Paul J.; Fan, Wen - 2011

1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find that the expansion caused men to increase education by … about a year on average and gain about 8% higher wages; women obtained a slightly greater increase in education and a … obtain instrumental variables estimates of returns to schooling of about 6% for both men and women. -- return to education …

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The more the merrier? : The effect of family composition on children's education

Black, Sandra E. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Black, Sandra E. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Does grief transfer across generations? : in-utero deaths and child outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...

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Learning to take risks? : the effect of education on risk-taking in financial markets

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Lundborg, Petter; … - 2015

We investigate whether acquiring more education when young has long-term effects on risk-taking behavior in financial … are more likely to invest in the stock market. However, little is known about whether this is a causal effect of education … or whether it arises from the correlation of education with unobserved characteristics. Using exogenous variation in …

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Rank effects in education : what do we know so far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...

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