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Mother's autonomy and child welfare : a new measure and some new evidence
Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011
on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be … Empowerment ; Principal Component ; Education ; Instrumental Variable …
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
-Kindern. Angesichts der starken intergenerationalen Bildungskorrelation birgt das unterdurchschnittliche Bildungsniveau der in Deutschland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433832
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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on the consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that those groups that observe each other show lower within group standard deviation in their decisions. Thus, we find evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392209
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Peer effects in parental leave decisions
Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016
This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as indirect effects of the behavior of a social reference group on individual outcomes, bears various...
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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015 - Updated version
This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that observing groups show lower within group standard deviation. Thus, we provide evidence for conformity. Further, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041128
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The effect of social comparison on debt taking : experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Koch, Melanie - 2022
A number of studies show that there is a link between social comparison and high levels of household debt. However, the exact mechanisms behind this link are not yet well understood. In this paper, we disentangle two mechanisms by performing a lab experiment designed to study the effects of...
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Childhood roots of financial literacy
Grohmann, Antonia; Kouwenberg, Roy; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2015
Financial literacy predicts informed financial decisions, but what explains financial literacy? We use the concept of financial socialization and aim to represent three major agents of financial socialization: family, school and work. Thus we compile twelve relevant childhood characteristics in...
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
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Class rank and long-run outcomes
Denning, Jeffrey T.; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018
This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment - what are the long run effects of a student’s ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank,...
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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health
Barschkett, Mara - 2022
Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little...
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