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Family background, school characteristics and children's cognitive achievement in Madagascar
Glick, Peter (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805583
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Out-of-School suspensions and parental involvement in children s education
Canon, Maria Eugenia - 2011
children's education. The use of out-of-school suspensions is the novelty of this paper. Out-of-school suspensions are chosen … is, out-of-school suspensions do not affect parental involvement in children's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310980
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Schooling, marriage, and childbearing in Madagascar
Glick, Peter J.; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313105
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Intercontinental evidence on socioeconomic status and early childhood cognitive skills : is Latin America different?
López Bóo, Florencia - 2013
This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303243
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From the cradle to the grave : the effect of family background on the career path of Italian men
Raitano, Michele; Vona, Francesco - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of parental education on the returns to experience of Italian men using a new longitudinal dataset that contains detailed information on individual working histories. Our favourite panel estimates indicate that an additional year of parental education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317905
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Birth registration and the impact on educational attainment
Corbacho, Ana; Brito, Steve; Osorio Rivas, René - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684087
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The apple falls increasingly far : parent-child correlation in schooling and the growth of post-secondary education in Switzerland
Hanslin, Sandra (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper, we analyze the completed highest education degree of two birth cohorts (1934-1943 and 1964-1973) in Switzerland, using data from the 1999 wave of the Swiss Household Panel. As expected, the fraction of tertiary graduates has increased over time, for women more so than for men....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289766
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Single motherhood and (un)equal educational opportunities : evidence for Germany
Mahler, Philippe (contributor);  … - 2005
We examine the effect of single motherhood on children’s secondary school track choice using 12-year-old children drawn … correlation between single motherhood and children’s educational attainment. Looking for alternative explanations for this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003215938
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Parental preferences for nutrition of boys and girls : evidence from Africa
Sahn, David E. (contributor); Stifel, David (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002173087
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Secondary school track selection of single-parent children : evidence from the German socio-economic panel
Mahler, Philippe (contributor);  … - 2005 - Revised: October 2005
In present day Germany, one in seven children is raised in a single parent household. We investigate the effect of … single parenthood on children’s educational attainment, measured by the school track at the age 14, using ordered probit … children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. -- school choice ; educational attainment ; ordered response model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002521621