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well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …
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well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …
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adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children …'s achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological cohort study, which follows … preschool age contribute to the prediction of children's achievement at school age. …
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epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar Region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive …
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In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children’s educational and health outcomes in eleven sub …-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions …. We also examine the impacts of various family structures and compare social orphans (non-orphaned children not living …
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This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children’s health from birth until the age of three …, our results further support the advice to parents of young children not to smoke. -- Indoor and outdoor pollution ; health …
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This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …, our results further support the advice to parents of young children not to smoke. …
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Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...
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during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …
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