This paper models the probability of 15-year-old children missing school or being late. The paper sets out to uncover … the effects of family background and birth order on attendance. Looking at birth order effects allows one to test Sulloway …

While members of the same family are assumed to share similar mobility chances, this paper seeks to answer the … following puzzle: why do only some children of the same family attain a level of education considered to be socially desirable … ability, resource availability, and ideology. The educational attainments of children of the same family could be very diverse …

. Our sample includes more than 12,000 men and 10,000 women, who all left school in 1992, in France. The wages and … educational achievements of individuals, as well as many aspects of family background, including birth order, number of sisters …

examine the extent to which family, school, and neighborhood factors account for the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on …

. The theory of social capital is bringing arguments for the importance of the family, school, peer group and community in … expectations and the atmosphere within the family environment, the school, the community and the peers, the teenager becomes more … of the family, school and peers for the teenager’s expectations concerning the future. Some conclusions of our …

The current study examines how poverty and education in both the family and school contexts influence adolescent weight …) collected in 1994–1995. Using hierarchical logistic regression models and parallel indicators of family- and school …-level poverty and educational resources, we find that at the family-level, parent's education, but not poverty status, is associated …

While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and … public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the causal effect of high-school athletic participation on absenteeism. We … – truancy among active male athletes declines significantly, with the effects larger in earlier grades and for black and …