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Parental involvement and children's human capital : a tax-subsidy experiment
Gahramanov, Emin; Hasanov, Rashad; Tang, Xueli - In: Economic modelling 85 (2020), pp. 16-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210593
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Early skill gap effects on long-run outcomes and parental investments
Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastián - 2019
-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152937
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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
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. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800572
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704643
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Long-term effects of rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills : evidence from Peru
Pazos, Nicolas; Favara, Marta; Sanchez, Alan; Scott, Douglas - 2023
Global warming is changing precipitation patterns, harming communities strongly tied to agricultural production, particularly in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Whilst the long-term effects of being exposed to rainfall shocks early in life on school achievement tests are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545819
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Long-term effects of rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills : evidence from Peru
Pazos, Nicolas; Favara, Marta; Sanchez, Alan; Scott, Douglas - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312834
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Time investment by parents in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities
Sepahvand, Mohammad; Shahbazian, Roujman; Swain, … - 2013
We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745250
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Parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries
Behrman, Jere R. - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2022
This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low …-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children …; and concludes with a summary suggesting some positive impacts of parental investments on children's human capital in LMICs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474153
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It's All in the Stars : The Chinese Zodiac and the Effects of Parental Investments on Offspring's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Development
Tan, Chih Ming - 2018
children born just before and just after the cutoff for a “lucky” versus “nonlucky” zodiac sign, we find that parents …The importance of (early) parental investments in children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes is a question of deep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926208