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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009673596
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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684039
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Is There a Correlation between Religion and Wife Beating? An Empirical Study of 11 Countries
McGee, Robert W. - 2017
Wife beating, spousal abuse, domestic violence, or whatever else you want to call it, has been around for centuries, probably since the beginning of human existence. There are several reasons why this kind of behavior exists, but the present paper will not get into those reasons. For more on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121034
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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345872
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Does grief transfer across generations? : in-utero deaths and child outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258168
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More schooling, more children? : compulsory schooling and fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2014
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431274
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2014
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414158
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Dynamic factor models with clustered loadings : forecasting education flows using unemployment data
Blasques, Francisco; Hoogerkamp, Meindert Heres; … - In: International journal of forecasting 37 (2021) 4, pp. 1426-1441
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013274289
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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656747
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2019
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131034