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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

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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

order has a significant and large effect on children?s education; children born later in the family obtain less education …

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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014

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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It's Not Just for Boys! Understanding Gender Differences in STEM

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2019

While education levels of women have increased dramatically relative to men, women are still greatly underrepresented …

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Reducing Start-Up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labour Market

Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within … a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …

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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

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...

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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

as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest …

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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

market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268720

Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269789

Recent developments in intergenerational mobility

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J. - 2010

Economists and social scientists have long been interested in intergenerational mobility, and documenting the persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics, the literature has...

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