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parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …-term health. However, we also find strong evidence that the educational attainment of the adopting mother has a significant impact …
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parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …-term health. However, we also find strong evidence that the educational attainment of the adopting mother has a significant impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000056
between parental educational attainments and adult health of the child generation can be attributed to pre- or post … health outcomes as adults. These results suggest that growing up in a better-educated household has long-term effects on … health outcomes. Our analysis of the mechanisms behind the results suggests that formation of human capital, and in …
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persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for … health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using … intergenerational persistence in health is attributable to the biological parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867143
persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for … health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using … intergenerational persistence in health is attributable to the biological parents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027647
parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …-term health. However, we also find strong evidence that the educational attainment of the adopting mother has a significant impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451262
This paper evaluates general achievement effects of choice and competition between private and public schools at the nine-year school level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where the public schools essentially were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268732
Recent studies that aim to estimate the causal link between the education of parents and their children provide evidence that is far from conclusive. This paper explores why. There are a number of possible explanations. One is that these studies rely on different data sources, gathered in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753610
This paper evaluates general achievement effects of choice and competition between private and public schools at the nine-year school level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where the public schools essentially were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755556