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The Child Tax Credit Over Time by Family Type : Benefit Eligibility and Poverty

Brehm, Margaret; Malkova, Olga - 2023

We examine disparities in Child Tax Credit (CTC) eligibility and anti-poverty effects since 1998 by family type …, because the credit was virtually nonrefundable. By 2017, disparities by family type mostly disappear, as eligibility and anti …

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The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education : Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers

Bennhoff, Frederik; García, Jorge Luis; Ermini Leaf, Duncan - 2023

We demonstrate the social efficiency of investing in high-quality early childhood education using newly collected data from the HighScope Perry Preschool Project. The data analyzed are the longest follow-up of any randomized early childhood education program. Annual observations of participant...

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On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation : Evidence from Donor Children

Lundborg, Petter; Plug, Erik; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2022

We introduce a novel strategy to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital, net of genetic skill transfers. For this purpose, we use unique data on children conceived through sperm and egg donation in IVF treatments in Denmark. Because the assignment of donors is not selective,...

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Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents

Pezzin, Liliana E.; Pollak, Robert A.; Schone, Barbara … - 2021

This paper examines the family variables that affect intergenerational living arrangements and adult children's time … and cash transfers to their unpartnered disabled elderly parents. The family variables we examine include parental marital … changes are weakening the traditional role of the family as a support network. Because more recent cohorts of elderly persons …

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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...

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Clans, Guilds, and Markets : Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

de la Croix, David - 2016

learn as apprentices from the old. Institutions such as the family, the clan, the guild, and the market organize who learns …

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The American Family in Black and White : A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality

Heckman, James J. - 2011

inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the gaps in skills that are present when children enter …

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On Population Structure and Marriage Dynamics

Giolito, Eugenio P. - 2010

I develop an equilibrium, two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth to study the interaction between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age at first marriage of men and women. Within a simple two-period overlapping generation model I show that,...

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The Wage Elasticity of Informal Care Supply : Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Nizalova, Olena Y. - 2010

This paper focuses on the relationship between wages and supply of informal care to elderly parents. Unlike most of the previous research estimating wage elasticities of informal care supply, this study employs instrumental variable technique to account for the fact that the wage rate is likely...

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United But (Un-)Equal : Human Capital, Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract

Cremer, Helmuth - 2012

This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal...

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