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Economic and ethnic polarisation among children in Sweden's three metropolitan areas

Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2007

metropolitan regions of Sweden by using a relative new operationalization of the neighbourhood concept. Neighbourhoods are …

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The causal effect of parent's schooling on children's schooling: a comparison of estimation methods

Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2008

. Our findings therefore indicate that the estimated impact of parental education on that of their child in Sweden does …

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Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

Konrad, Kai A.; Spadaro, Amedeo - 2005

We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if individuals differ in their perceptions about own ability. Those who see their ability as low like redistributive taxation because of the transfers it generates. Those who see...

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Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China

Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - 2012

China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …

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Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

Konrad, Kai A.; Spadaro, Amedeo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

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Infant Health, Cognitive Performance and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2016

We estimate impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention trialled in Sweden in the early 1930s using …

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The Long-Term Economic Effects of Polio: Evidence from the Introduction of the Polio Vaccine to Sweden in 1957

Serratos-Sotelo, Luis; Bengtsson, Tommy; Nilsson, Anton - 2019

the first vaccine against polio in Sweden (birth cohorts 1937-1966) until adulthood in order to quantify the causal effect …

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Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Children in Sweden’s Three Metropolitan Areas

Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Bjorn; Österberg, Torun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

metropolitan regions of Sweden by using a relative new operationalization of the neighbourhood concept. Neighbourhoods are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233803

Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison

Wolter, Stefan C. - 2003

In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...

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Gender Equality in Educational Achievement : An East-West Comparison

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004

). Besides a comparison of gender differences in mean achievement for transition and OECD countries we discuss alternatives for …

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