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Parental education and offspring outcomes : evidence from the Swedish compulsory schooling reform
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2012
outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find significant … and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong …'s outcomes. -- education ; cognitive skills ; non-cognitive skills ; health ; causality ; schooling reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539216
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Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes : Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory Schooling Reform
Lundborg, Petter - 2012
outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find significant … and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105993
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Parental education and offspring outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish compulsory schooling reform
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2012
outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find significant … and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282195
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095
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Mergers and birth outcomes : evidence from maternity ward closures
Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2018
study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of … Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903951
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The health returns to education : what can we learn from twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374414
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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition : evidence from a school lunch reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2017
-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program … attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776044
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The health returns to education : what can we learn from twins?
Lundborg, Petter (contributor) - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003679396
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The Health Returns to Education - What Can We Learn from Twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219300
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The Health Returns to Education : What Can We Learn from Twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2021
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325295