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on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy effect is weaker and non-existent for older children and for girls suggesting that gender-directed conditional cash …
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conditions of immigrant children in comparison to native born German children must take into account the heterogeneity of … children in Germany has been marked by increasing problems: in 1997 the population share of children living in households … children within this process. Our comparative analyses are based on the different sub-samples of the German Socio …
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The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate reached as high as 10.1 percent in October 2009 - the highest we have seen since the 1982 recession. In...
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Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...
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No previous study has attempted to estimate the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict, a potential source of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the relationship between fatalities caused by Israeli...
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Despite the fact that Argentina has been suffering from a recession for years, the timing and severity of the recent …
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We compare patterns of movements into and out of poverty by children in Britain and Germany using data from the British … children in lone parent households and households with a non-working head. Events such as family formation and dissolution, and … allem Kinder in Alleinerziehenden-Haushalten und Haushalten mit nicht-erwerbstätigem Haushaltsvorstand dauerhaft arm …
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slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I …
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In recent years, almost all children below school age in Western industrialized countries have some experience of … attending day care institutions. However, the age at which children enter day care and therefore the overall time spent in day … children, one important aspect of non-cognitive skills. Based on the English sample of the Millennium Cohort Study, we analyse …
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