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Does Quality Time Produce Quality Children? Evidence on the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital Using Parental Deaths
Gould, Eric D. - 2011
largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in … determining child outcomes, while the education of the surviving parent becomes a stronger factor. Moreover, within the group of … families that lost a parent, this pattern intensifies when a child loses a parent earlier in life - the education of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129934
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Identification of Peer Effects with Missing Peer Data : Evidence from Project Star
Sojourner, Aaron - 2011
This paper studies peer effects on student achievement among first graders randomly assigned to classrooms in Tennesseeﾒs Project STAR. The analysis uses previously unexploited pre-assignment achievement measures available for 60 percent of students. Data are not missing at random, making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131171
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Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2010
constrained households' decisions to invest in their education. We use a direct measure of child ability for all primary school … and how much to invest in their childﾒs education. We find children with one standard deviation higher own ability are 16 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135821
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J. - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096465
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The Impact of Pre-School on Adolescents' Outcomes : Evidence from a Recent English Cohort
Apps, Patricia F. - 2012
education, economic activity in early adulthood, and in a group of non-cognitive outcomes, such as risky health behaviours … further education and economic activity at age 19-20. Positive effects are especially noticeable for children coming from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098132
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How Distance to a Non-Residential Parent Relates to Child Outcomes
Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz - 2012
A substantial and growing fraction of children across Europe and the US live in single parent households. Law practices are evolving to encourage both parents to maintain contact with their children following parental separation/divorce, driven by the belief that such contact is in the best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098448
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The Economics of Child Well-Being
Conti, Gabriella - 2012
This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099088
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Early Life Adversity and Children's Competence Development : Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086203
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On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation : Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2013
Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086232
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Early Child Care and Child Development : For Whom it Works and Why
Felfe, Christina - 2013
Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to benefit from such expansions? We address this question by adopting a marginal treatment effects framework. We study the West German setting where high quality center-based care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088667