We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a … reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate … the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's test scores and grades at age 16. We show that, on average, the …

We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a … reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate … the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's test scores and grades at age 16. We show that, on average, the …

-educational background on children success at the university is not direct, but through the high school track. In fact, although any … secondary high school gives access to the university, nonetheless lyceums provide students with far higher quality of education …

While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and …

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to … receive recommendations for or to enroll at any secondary school type as native children. Comparable natives, in terms of … family background, thus face similar difficulties as migrant children. Our results point at more general inequalities in …

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … children with moderate levels of 'special educational needs' in England. We show that the decentralized design of the policy … generates significant variations in access to remediation resources across children with similar prior levels of difficulty …