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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258168
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056645
The decision to take more education is complex, and is influenced by individual ability, financial constraints, family … problems into estimating the returns to education. In this paper, these problems are addressed by estimating a comparative … advantage model for schooling, in which the returns to education vary at different levels of education. The model requires that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261552
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014144280
The decision to take more education is complex, and is influenced by individual ability, financial constraints, family … problems into estimating the returns to education. In this paper, these problems are addressed by estimating a comparative … advantage model for schooling, in which the returns to education vary at different levels of education. The model requires that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319836
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores … to be overweight, to be obese, and to have high blood pressure and high triglycerides. So, unlike education or earnings … unaffected by conditioning on education and earnings, suggesting that these are not the only important pathways to health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295586
as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest … of children from poorer families. -- birth weight ; twins ; education ; IQ ; earnings …
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as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757144
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores … to be overweight, to be obese, and to have high blood pressure and high triglycerides. So, unlike education or earnings … unaffected by conditioning on education and earnings, suggesting that these are not the only important pathways to health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016313
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 also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261633