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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 and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be …
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the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature …
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-cycle wage growth of U.S. white males into four main sources: education, hours worked, cognitive skills (AFQT scores) and … individual differences in hours worked and education explain the remaining part almost equally. We show how our model is a … education. Finally, because policy changes induce simultaneous movements in observed choices and average per-year effects …
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While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
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Intergenerational mobility in income and education is affected by the influence of parents on children's school choices … on children choices. Using data from a cross-country survey (PISA 2003), we study the impact of parental education on …) translates into greater dependence from parental background. These effects are reinforced when moving to post-secondary education …
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Danish administrative data and variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes to compare education outcomes of focal children with …
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index. Results indicate that for immigrants intermarriage is indeed related to less specialization as is better education … and smaller diversion in education between spouses. In contrast, children living in the household, as well as being Muslim … advantages resulting from positive assortative mating by education and different bargaining positions within the household …
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We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have …
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from intermarriage vanish and do not differ from premiums from marriage between immigrants. However, immigrants who …
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We analyze the interaction of race with physical and socioeconomic characteristics in the U.S. marriage market, using … anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, together with their wage and education, and estimate who inter-racially marries whom …
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