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Pennies from heaven? : using exogeneous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievements
Haegeland, Torbjørn (contributor);  … - 2008
Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the … abilities, which leaves estimates of school input effects likely to be biased. Using variation in education expenditures induced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729411
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318870
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The Neighbourhood is Not What it Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjorn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2021
Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319605
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Pennies from Heaven : Using Exogenous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievement
Haegeland, Torbjorn; Raaum, Oddbjorn; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the … abilities, which leaves estimates of school input effects likely to be biased. Using variation in education expenditures induced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198278
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Why children of college graduates outperform their schoolmates. A study of cousins and adoptees
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; … - 2010
: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. In line with most of the literature, we find no effect of mothers' education … on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother's education … small causal effects of parental education can be explained by detrimental effects of higher labour force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968398
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261633
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157
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Education and family background: Mechanisms and policies
Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
' education or with other indicators of their parents' socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is … researchers. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize and evaluate recent empirical research on education and family background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269808
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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2003
Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271751
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Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far : Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319638