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Alcohol Exposure In Utero and Child Academic Achievement
Scholder, Stephanie von Hinke Kessler - 2014
and behaviours. OLS regressions suggest an ambiguous association between alcohol exposure in utero and children's academic … attainment, but there is a strong social gradient in maternal drinking, with mothers in higher socio-economic groups more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458824
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School spirit : exploring the long-term effects of the U.S. temperance movement on educational attainment
Francis-Tan, Andrew; Tan, Cheryl; Zhang, Ruhan - In: Economics of education review 62 (2018), pp. 162-169
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002160
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Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital : Evidence from College Openings and Longitudinal Data
Currie, Janet - 2002
We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth outcomes: use of prenatal care, smoking behavior,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469345
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The role of maternal education in child health : evidence from a compulsory schooling law
Güneş, Pınar Mine - In: Economics of education review 47 (2015), pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572533
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The impact of maternal depression on child academic and socioemotional outcomes
Dahlen, Heather M. - In: Economics of education review 52 (2016), pp. 77-90
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586565
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Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural China
Leight, Jessica - 2016
education; less educated mothers appear to reinforce differences in non-cognitive skills between their children, while more … to catch-up in non-cognitive skills over time for children of more educated mothers … in life. This paper evaluates the parental response to variation in non-cognitive skills among their children in rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456442
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Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality : Maternal Endowments, Investments, and Birth Outcomes
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal endowments and investments (education and smoking in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421186
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of … education benefit more. As a potential mechanism, we find that the policies increased mothers' time investments in children and … parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437042
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The effect of siblings' education on school-entry in the Ehtiopian highlands
Lindskog, Annika - In: Economics of education review 34 (2013), pp. 45-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761215
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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014
Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458126