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Lessons from Denmark About Inequality and Social Mobility

Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - 2021

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high levels of income mobility across generations. It has in place many social policies now advocated for adoption in the U.S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family...

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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment

Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022

Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it … conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect … degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …

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Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence

Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard; Jørgensen, Cecilie Marie Løchte - 2022

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the duration of parental care during infancy. Exploiting a Danish reform that extended paid parental leave in 2002 and effectively delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we...

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Toothless Reforms? The Remarkable Stability of Female Labor Force Participation in a Top-Reforming Country

Pignatti, Norberto - 2017

Low Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) constitutes a foregone opportunity at both the macro and at the micro levels, potentially increasing the vulnerability of households and lowering the long-run development perspectives of a country. Most international organizations and national policy...

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Parental Leave Policies and Socio-Economic Gaps in Child Development : Evidence from a Substantial Benefit Reform Using Administrative Data

Huebener, Mathias - 2018

This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth....

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Vocational Training for Unemployed Youth in Latvia : Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Bratti, Massimiliano - 2018

European Union to reduce youth unemployment rate and to support young people aged between 15 and 29 who are not in education …

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Early Childhood Stimulation Interventions in Developing Countries : A Comprehensive Literature Review

Baker-Henningham, Helen - 2010

This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...

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The Relative Importance of Local Labour Market Conditions and Pupil Attainment on Post-Compulsory Schooling Decisions

Meschi, Elena F. - 2011

, there is some evidence that higher local unemployment rates encourage males to invest in education, and that interactions …

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Work and Wage Dynamics Around Childbirth

Ejrnæs, Mette - 2011

This study investigates how the first childbirth affects the wage processes of highly attached women. We estimate a flexible fixed effects wage regression model extended with post-birth fixed effects by the control function approach. Register data on West Germany are used and we exploit the...

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Neighborhood Quality and Student Performance

Weinhardt, Felix - 2013

Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal link remains contested. This study estimates the effect of very deprived neighborhoods, characterized by a high density of social housing, on the educational attainment of...

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