children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic downturn, coupled with increased unemployment, affects children …'s education attainment negatively. In terms of monetary units, the average effect of the 1993 German recessionon children … conclusion is that children who live in regions that experience poor economic performance over longer periods are, on average …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the upbringing of their children from the German Socio …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with …

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential … personality traits (Big Five, locus of control) on their adolescent and young adult children's traits with the effects of parental … from parents to their children, there are large discrepancies with respect to the age group and the type of skill. The …

children with a non-academic family background are still unequally obstructed. When analysing the labour market implications of …