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The gender gap in early career in Mongolia

Pastore, Francesco - 2009

Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...

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Inequalities in educational outcomes : how important is the family?

Bredtmann, Julia; Smith, Nina - 2016

In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...

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A closer look: proximity boosts homeless student performance in New York City

Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020

Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters … near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change … schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and retention. Homeless high schoolers have 5 percent (2.5 days) better …

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Beyond the average : peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education

Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - 2014

Estimating the effect of "ethnic capital" on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify the causal impact of parental peer-heterogeneity on...

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Does domestic violence jeopardize the learning environment of peers within the school? : peer effects of exposure to domestic violence in urban Peru

Gutierrez, Italo A.; Molina, Oswaldo - 2020

This study builds on the findings of Carrell and Hoekstra (2010, 2018) by exploring the peer effects of domestic violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors...

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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction

Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016

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Economic and social perspectives of immigrant children in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as improvements in day care provision for children....

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School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes

Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Öckert, Björn - 2021

This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the school entry cut-off give birth at higher...

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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills: roles of SES and gender attitudes

Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - 2021

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries. This paper uses a unique data set with more than 20,000 adolescents in rural India to examine whether socioeconomic status and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive...

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Educational assortative mating and harsh parenting in sub-Saharan Africa

Pesando, Luca Maria; De Cao, Elisabetta; La Mattina, Giulia - 2023

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