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The More the Merrier? : The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
rich dataset that contains information on the entire population of Norway over an extended period of time and allows us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262020
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
by changes in compulsory schooling laws in both the United States and Norway to estimate the effect in two very different … childbearing in both the United States and Norway, and these results are quite robust to various specification checks. Somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157
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From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2005
using a unique dataset from Norway, we examine both short-run and long-run outcomes for the same cohorts. We find that birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267621
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Small family, smart family? Family size and the IQ scores of young men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2007
Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268212
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Older and wiser? Birth order and IQ of young men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2007
Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth order effects on IQ using both cross-sectional and within-family methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268290
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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. - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268604
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Too young to leave the nest? The effects of school starting age
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2008
of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268720
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Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
separately identifying the role of peers. This paper uses data on the population of Norway and idiosyncratic variation in cohort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269789
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Care or cash? The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; … - 2012
these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286894
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Losing heart? The effect of job displacement on health
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2012
significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291317