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New evidence on the causal link between the quantity and quality of children
Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); Lavy, Victor (contributor) - 2006
the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this … from one subsample suggest that first-born girls from large families marry sooner. -- fertility ; quantity-quality trade … the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this …
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Human capital investments and family size in Italy: IV estimates using twin births as an instrument
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2021
Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the children quantity-quality trade-off proposed by Becker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803755
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The Effect of Investment Credit on Children's Schooling : Evidence from Pakistan
Menon, Nidhiya - 2004
This paper studies the influence of credit on children's schooling using data from Pakistan. It shows that credit need not increase the likelihood of school attendance for children who work in their household's non-farm enterprise. Moreover, credit obtained for investment purposes may reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068419
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New Evidence on the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2006
variation to look at the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780277
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Fertility and Child Occupation : Theory and Evidence from Senegal
Verheyden, Bertrand; Faye, Ousmane - 2011
This paper analyzes household fertility and child occupation decisions in a risky environment. Fertility decisions are … made first, when only the distribution of shocks is known. When shocks are realized and fertility is fixed, parents adapt … by allocating children's occupations, i.e. school, paid work and domestic chores. Fertility is decreasing with the shock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175410
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Birth weight and cognitive development during childhood : evidence from India
Kumar, Santosh; Kumar, Kaushalendra; Laxminarayan, Ramanan - 2019
Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey and employs instrumental variable regression models to estimate the effect of birth weight on cognitive development during childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159221
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Birth weight and cognitive development during childhood : evidence from India
Kumar, Santosh; Kumar, Kaushalendra; Laxminarayan, Ramanan - 2022
Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey and employs instrumental variable regression models to estimate the effect of birth weight on cognitive development during childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168222
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Birth Weight and Cognitive Development during Childhood : Evidence from India
Kumar, Santosh - 2019
Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey and employs instrumental variable regression models to estimate the effect of birth weight on cognitive development during childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891486
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Parental paternalism and patience
Kiessling, Lukas; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; … - 2021
We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children’s intertemporal decision-making. Based on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children’s present bias and aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418249
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Parental paternalism and patience
Kiessling, Lukas; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; … - 2021
We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children's intertemporal decision-making. Based on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children's present bias and aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418434