Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 308
Cover Image
Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
Björklund, Anders; Ginther, Donna K.; Sundström, Marianne - 2004
It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than … children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children?s outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262010
Cover Image
Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Approach
Björklund, Anders; Sundström, Marianne - 2002
This article analyzes whether the commonly found negative relationship between parental separation in childhood and educational outcomes is causal or mainly due to selection. We use data on about 100,000 Swedish full biological siblings, born in 1951-64, and perform cross-section and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262325
Cover Image
Child welfare and old-age security in female headed households in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger - 2009
spend significantly more money on the welfare of children and less on consumption of adult goods. In an attempt to explain … persons lacking the financial means to rely on themselves during old-age invest more in children who care for them in later … of expenditure allocated towards the welfare of children. FHH having access to alternative means of old-age security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269042
Cover Image
Work versus School? The Effect of Work on Educational Expenditures for Children in Mexico
Kaletski, Elizabeth - 2016
children age 5-14 in Mexico. I accomplish this using a household fixed effects model and data from two waves of the Mexican … Family Life Survey (MxFLS). The results indicate that working increases school expenditure shares for working children. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524985
Cover Image
Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003
This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261608
Cover Image
Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
spend significantly more money on the welfare of children and less on consumption of adult goods. In an attempt to explain … persons lacking the financial means to rely on themselves during old-age invest more in children who care for them in later … of expenditure allocated towards the welfare of children. FHH having access to alternative means of old-age security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703296
Cover Image
Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703353
Cover Image
Parental Separation and Children’s Educational Attainment: A Siblings Approach
Björklund, Anders; Sundström, Marianne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This article analyzes whether the commonly found negative relationship between parental separation in childhood and educational outcomes is causal or mainly due to selection. We use data on about 100,000 Swedish full biological siblings, born in 1951-64, and perform cross-section and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761716
Cover Image
Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
Björklund, Anders; Ginther, Donna K.; Sundström, Marianne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than … children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children’s outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762295
Cover Image
Financial Incentives for Adoption and Kin Guardianship Improve Achievement for Foster Children
Simon, David; Sojourner, Aaron; Pedersen, Jon; Ombisa … - 2024
increased the payments to adoptive parents and kin guardians for children ages 6 and older, making them equal to what foster … care payments were, but didn't for younger children. Equalizing payments raised average academic achievement by 31 percent … of a standard deviation three years after foster children's cases started, raised the value of payments by about $2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045411