Children of refugees are among the most economically disadvantaged youth in several European countries. They are more … likely to drop out of school and to commit crime. We show that a reform in Denmark in 1999, that expanded language training …

Despite the well-established importance of verbal engagement for infant language and cognitive development, many …, and that their infants have more advanced language and cognitive skills. We measure positive but noisy effects on parental …

In 1996, following an epidemic, Pfizer tested a new drug on 200 children in Muslim Nigeria. 11 children died while … others were disabled. We study the effects of the disclosure, in 2000, of the deaths of Muslim children in the Pfizer trials … on vaccine compliance among Muslim mothers. Muslim mothers reduced routine vaccination of children born after the 2000 …

We document a strong correlation in the brand of automobile chosen by parents and their adult children, using data from …

We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet … immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job …. Language acquisition is found to interact positively with occupation level. Immigrant programmers and computer technicians have …

spoken by children of migrants with identical ancestral countries of origin, the analysis indicates that the presence of …

translation-related search costs. Our results provide causal evidence that language barriers significantly hinder trade and that …

any, differentiate teachers with high impact on student achievement in middle school English Language Arts from those with …