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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: A cross-country study
Tansel, Aysit; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability … of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373847
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Who Matters Most? The Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling
Gang, Ira N. - 1996
This paper examines the differential effects of mother's schooling and father's schooling on the acquisition of … schooling by their offspring. It does this in a 'cross-cultural' context by comparing results across three countries: Germany … found, generally, that father's schooling is more important than mother's, but this does vary by ethnic group. Mother …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334313
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Theory-based evaluation of the curriculum Lgr 11a
Wahlström, Ninni; Sundberg, Daniel - 2015
This report presents and describes an evaluation project of the most recent Swedish curriculum reform, Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and the recreation centre, Lgr 11. The purpose of the evaluation project is to generate new knowledge concerning the influences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440147
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The Effect of a Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Mikkelsen, Sara; … - 2018
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208803
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Income diversification and working children
Vimefall, Elin - 2015
During recent years (2004-2008) the proportion of working children in sub-Saharan Africa has increased (Diallo et al …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654408
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From giving birth to paid labor: The effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2014
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464454
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Active labor market policy effects for women in Europe: A survey
Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard - 2007
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317937
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The knowledge lift: The Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J; Vroman, Susan - 2004
The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321061
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A longitudinal analysis of within-education-group earnings inequality
Gustavsson, Magnus - 2008
Using a large Swedish longitudinal database for the period 1982-2005, I estimate and compare within-group inequality in persistent and transitory earnings among men with high-school and college degrees. Analyses of inequality over the life cycle reveal that experience-variance profiles of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321409
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Was Dick Whittington Taller Than Those He Left Behind? Anthropometric Measures, Migration and the Quality of Life in Early Nineteenth Century London
Humphries, Jane; Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
explanatory variable in the analysis of migration. Although correlated with other variables that are routinely used in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870559