In this paper we examine the effect of family structure on children's educational outcomes by exploiting the sibling … outcomes for children within the same family - stepchildren with their half-siblings in the same blended family who are the … biological children of both parents. Using panel data methods to control for unobserved heterogeneity across families, we find …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for …

Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to … impact that the transfer had on the language and mathematical competencies of the children of eligible mothers at the end of …

With the goal to shed more light on the effectiveness of parental time spent with their children, I estimate the causal … relationship between parental involvement and education outcomes of children. My research is the first which examines the effect of … characteristics of children as well as parents. To estimate causal treatment effects, I use a simple logistic regression along with a …

We combine multiple administrative datasets from Taiwan to evaluate the degree to which the adverse divorce effect on … parental divorce occurring at ages 13-18 significantly decreased the likelihood of university admission at age 18. Among the … reduction in family income. After carefully examining the compatibility of the parental divorce effect and parental job …

We combine multiple administrative datasets from Taiwan to evaluate the degree to which the adverse divorce effect on … parental divorce occurring at ages 13-18 significantly decreased the likelihood of university admission at age 18. Among the … reduction in family income. After carefully examining the compatibility of the parental divorce effect and parental job …

In response to the wide-ranging consequences of falling fertility rates, governments across high-income countries are ….e. have children or find a partner. For men, our point estimates are near zero for all outcomes, and sometimes negative. These … attractive as potential partners. The positive effects on female fertility may be attributed to education improving the …

We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health …

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 …

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 …