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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013
The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787345
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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013
The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781972
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Neonatal Health of Parents and Cognitive Development of Children
Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2018
This paper documents a strong relationship between birth endowments of parents and the cognitive development of their … children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the … association between the child’s own birth weight and test scores (both in univariate and multivariate settings). We find a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116758
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Essays on equality of opportunity
Hufe, Paul - 2021
Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome differences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484012
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Paid parental leave and child development : evidence from the 2007 German parental benefit reform and administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kuehnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2017
This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619598
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The Intergenerational Effects of Paternal Migration on Schooling and Work : What can We Learn from Children's Time Allocations?
Antman, Francisca - 2010
This paper explores the immediate effects of a father's U.S. migration on his children's schooling and work outcomes in Mexico. To get around the endogeneity of paternal migration, I use individual fixed effects and IV estimation where the instrumental variables are based on U.S. city-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197754
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The parental wage gap and the development of socio-emotional skills in children
Hufe, Paul - 2024
Converging labor market opportunities of men and women have altered the economic incentives for how families invest monetary and time resources into the skill development of their children. In this paper, I study the causal impact of changes in the parental wage gap (PWG)—defined as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529250
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The parental wage gap and the development of socio-emotional skills in children
Hufe, Paul - 2024
Converging labor market opportunities of men and women have altered the economic incentives for how families invest monetary and time resources into the skill development of their children. In this paper, I study the causal impact of changes in the parental wage gap (PWG) - defined as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529736
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Children and Parents Time Use : Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2021
, highlighting country-specific patterns as well as cross-country differences. We run fractional regression models and double hurdle … models on multi-member household micro data on time use. Countries diverge concerning the association between parents and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324799
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Parental Investments in Early Life and Child Outcomes Evidence from Swedish Parental Leave Rules
Ginja, Rita - 2017
for the subsequent child without the need to re-quality for benefits through pre-birth market work, if the two births … occur within a pre-specified interval. The eligibility birth interval for this automatic renewal of PL benefits was set to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943710