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Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2015
number of children and investments in education and health of their children. To address the endogeneity due to the joint … determination of quantity and quality of children by parents, we instrument family size with the gender of the first child which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022938
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Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2015
number of children and investments in education and health of their children. To address the endogeneity due to the joint … determination of quantity and quality of children by parents, we instrument family size with the gender of the first child which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457528
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The Fewer the Merrier : Family Size and Education in India
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019
Evidence suggests that smaller family size can spur economic development and reduce poverty. This column revisits the … quantity-quality trade-off between family size and education in India. The findings show that family size indeed has a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863532
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Testing the Children Quantity-Quality Trade-Off in India
Kumar, Santosh; Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019
of Becker and Lewis (1973). To address the endogeneity arising from the joint determination of quantity and quality of … children by parents, we instrument the family size by sex of the first child. We find a negative relationship between family … larger family size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164044
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Hard and soft skills in vocational training : experimental evidence from Colombia
Barrera, Felipe; Kugler, Adriana D.; Silliman, Mikko - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 37 (2023) 3, pp. 409-436
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321125
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries : evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858877
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The effect of providing breakfast on student performance : evidence from an in-class breakfast program
Imberman, Scott A.; Kugler, Adriana D. - 2012
"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. In response to low take-up, many public schools have experimented with moving breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom. We examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488191
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Katrina's children : evidence on the structure of peer effects from Hurrican evacuees
Imberman, Scott A.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Sacerdote, Bruce - In: The American economic review 102 (2012) 5, pp. 2048-2082
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708319
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in Colombia : evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 3 (2011) 3, pp. 188-220
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009237516
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Doctors without borders? : Relicensing requirements and negative selection in the market for physicians
Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M. - In: Journal of labor economics 23 (2005) 3, pp. 437-466
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003176231