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Decomposing fertility differences across world regions and over time : is improved health more important than women's schooling? ; background paper for the Economic and Social Prog...
Behrman, Jere R.; Duryea, Suzanne; Székely, Miguel - 1999
correlates of fertility differences across space and over time are female schooling and health, with the former having larger … fertility declines over time. This suggests that the importance of associations of increased female schooling relative to those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542224
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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through, but is not limited to, formal educational activities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702977
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Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason M.; … - 2019
It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling … attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may … (PGS) for depressive symptoms, schooling attainment and gene-environment (GxE) interactions with mental health (depressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022318
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Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason M.; … - 2019
It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling … attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may … (PGS) for depressive symptoms, schooling attainment and gene-environment (GxE) interactions with mental health (depressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059182
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Mental health, schooling attainment and polygenic scores : are there significant gene-environment associations?
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2019
It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling … attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may … (PGS) for depressive symptoms, schooling attainment and gene-environment (GxE) interactions with mental health (depressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027657
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Mental health, schooling attainment and polygenic scores : are there significant gene-environment associations?
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2019
It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling … attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may … (PGS) for depressive symptoms, schooling attainment and gene-environment (GxE) interactions with mental health (depressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152213
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Chapter 73. Investment in EducationInputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4883-4975). 2010
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through, but is not limited to, formal educational activities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025729
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Are Conditional Cash Transfers Effective in Urban Areas? Evidence from Mexico
Behrman, Jere R.; Gallardo-Garcia, Jorge; Parker, Susan W. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011
score matching estimates indicate that the program is successful in increasing school enrollment, schooling attainment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275486
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Schooling is Associated Not Only with Long-Run Wages, But Also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience
Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011
Many studies document significantly positive associations between schooling attainment and wages in developing … countries. But when individuals enter occupations subsequent to completing their schooling, they not only face an expected work … there may be compensating wage differentials. This study examines the relations between schooling on one hand and mean wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009023385
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Do More-Schooled Women have Fewer Children and Delay Childbearing? Evidence from a Sample of U.S. Twins
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011
of schooling on completed fertility, probability of being childless and age at first birth, using the within-MZ twins … methodology. We find strong cross-sectional associations between schooling and the fertility outcomes and some evidence that more … schooling causes women to have fewer children and delay childbearing, though not to the extent that interpreting cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366837