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adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …
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education and marital status though the marital effects are much weaker when we condition for prior health. These effects …
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I explore the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Examples of …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. I pay a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health … education has productive efficiency and allocative efficiency effects. I then modify these frameworks to allow for the …
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explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …
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We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …
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In this article we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes … addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the extent to which … on the efficacy and cost of financial education. Finally, we discuss directions for future research …
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have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …
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This paper estimates the political and economic effects of the 19th century disenfranchisement of black citizens in the U.S. South. Using adjacent county-pairs that straddle state boundaries, I examine the effect of voting restrictions on political competition, public goods, and factor markets....
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This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills--personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences--that are valued in the labor market, in...
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associations with adult health. Net of adolescent influences, completed education has a significant association with adult health …
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