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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822567
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Too young to leave the nest? The effects of school starting age
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2008
pregnancy, and earnings. Unlike much of the recent literature, we are able to separate school starting age from test age effects …. There appears to be a short-run positive effect on earnings of beginning school at a younger age; however, this effect has …
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Job Loss and Regional Mobility
Huttunen, Kristiina; Moen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
It is well documented that displaced workers suffer severe earnings losses, but not why this is so. One reason may be … siblings when they live in different regions. Looking at earnings we find that the entire post displacement income difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143946
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Job Loss and Regional Mobility
Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institutt for foretaksøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2015
It is well documented that displaced workers suffer severe earnings losses, but not why this is so. One reason may be … siblings when they live in different regions. Looking at earnings we find that the entire post displacement income difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124335
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From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
terms of educational attainment and earnings. However, recent research has called into question whether birth weight itself … as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566387
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely that more able individuals who have higher education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269293
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Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance.
Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Løken, Katrine V.; … - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2012
Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children’s longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550863
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Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely that more able individuals who have higher education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822163
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The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Educational Stratification: A Norwegian Study of Neighbour and School Mate Correlations
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
School quality is hard to define and measure. It is influenced by not only school expenditures, but also characteristics that are hard to measure like norms and peer effects among teachers and pupils. Furthermore, family background and community characteristics are important in explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822843
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Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes.
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
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