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We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which … of children. This effect is more pronounced for daughters and for children who live close to their parents. Further …
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estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive … time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime …
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evidence that one type of non-parental care outperforms the other, though children who have been placed in preschool tend to …
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Studies have shown that the older sibling often chooses to live away from his elderly parents intending to free ride on the care provided by the younger child. In the presented model, we incorporate income effects and depict a different pattern frequently observed in Eastern countries; that is,...
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Balancing caregiving duties and work can be both financially and emotionally burdensome, especially when care is provided to a spouse at home. This paper documents that financial respite for caregivers can influence individuals' early retirement decisions. We examine the effect of a reform...
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We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between … parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to …
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adult children and their parents. We then examine whether differences in family structure affect the amount of informal care … adult children provide to their elderly parents. Lastly, we look for cross-country differences in family location and … insights into how family-related and institutional factors shape patterns of time transfers from adult children to elderly …
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scenario concerning the "harmony" of family relations. Children are purely selfish, and neither side can make credible …
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Success in life increasingly depends on key skills that allow people to thrive in education, the labor market, and their interactions with others. In this paper, we emphasize creativity as a key skill that is essential to open-ended problem solving and resistant to automation. We use rich...
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hundred children in a variety of strategic interactions. First, we find that theory-of-mind ability and cognitive ability both … predict level-k behavior. Second, older children respond to information about the cognitive ability of their opponent, which … whether children respond to intentions in a gift-exchange game, while cognitive ability has no influence, suggesting that …
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