Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany’s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …

characteristics, as well as mother-father and parent-child relationships, with regard to differences in wellbeing for children living … differences in returns to (effects of) these characteristics and behaviors for children in the two family types. …

other vulnerable children (OVC). …

of parents and children. For both ordinary least square estimates as well as the sensitivity analyses the results do not … of a largescale cohort studyof children living in the Netherlands at the beginning of the new millennium. TheNetherlands …

-contained empirical studies. All studies aim at contributing to the understanding of the determinants of educational outcomes in Germany …

, provided that children are sent to school. …

The children of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. have been held up as exemplars for their academic prowess and their high … education among Chinese immigrant parents, which are subsequently transmitted to the youths themselves, appear to remain strong …. In this way, researchers have commented on how the Chinese represent an ‘exceptional’ case: even among children whose …

This study develops a literacy profile of Ontario's youth (ages 17 to 25) using data from the International Adult … Literacy Survey. The analysis concentrates on Canadian-born youth only. Because of sample limitations, it was not possible to … explore the literacy skills of foreign-born youth. IALS classifies respondents into 5 levels of literacy, across 3 literacy …

children from low-income families. …