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A double disadvantage occurs when the interaction of two disadvantages generates an additional disadvantage. We show that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to the average native, reduces scores in Italian by 17% and...
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Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension … of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data …
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two years. We separate the incapacitation and human capital effects of education on fertility by exploiting a database …
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analysis of the causes of this event. Instrumental-variable estimates show that increasing female education and reduced infant … education with the years of schooling of people aged 40ñ64. These results are conÖrmed by the application of Lewbelís (2012 …
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achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made … under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty on education costs and future returns. Students, applying a learning by … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This …
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when the net returns to education expected ex ante are negative. Failure can also be taken as a signal of the real skills … of individuals who do not succeed to gain a higher level of education, The job search approach underlines the role of …
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legal access to contraception and abortion. I present a new review of changes in the historical policy environment in the …
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1966 Romanian abortion ban to study the demand for children over their life cycle. The empirical approach combines elements …
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This paper analyzes the impact of supply-side abortion restrictions on aggregate abortion and birth rates in the United … States. Specifically, I exploit state and time variation in the implementation of the first targeted regulation of abortion … the abortion rate of approximately 5% the year the first law is implemented, and an average reduction of 11-14% in …
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The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by maternity leave uptake, when self-employed or wage...
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