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The impact of migration on family left behind

Antman, Francisca M. - 2012

. Finally, I address the impact of adult child migration on contributions toward non-migrant parents as well as the effects on … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child …

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Like brother, like sister? : the importance of family background for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; conference paper

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2013

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. The study is based on a large representative German dataset, which includes IQ test scores and measures of personality (locus of control,...

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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk ; conference paper

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013

This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...

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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness : evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children ; conference paper

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2014

The paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting …

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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality? : conference paper

Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2014 - November 11, 2013

We show that parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The … relationship can be explained by dimensions of a child's environment that are shown to di ffer by parental SES: quantity and … quality of time parents spend with their children, parenting style, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child …

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The effect of early childhood language training programs on the contemporary formation of grammar skills : conference paper

Kamhöfer, Daniel A. - 2014 - Preliminary

While there is a big literature on the benefits of pre-school education, only little is known why kindergarten attendance improves later-life outcomes. This is partly because most studies analyze the effect of complete 2 years pre-school programs. In order to shed light into the black box of...

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