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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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Parents' economic support of young-adult children : do socioeconomic circumstances matter?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Gorgens, Tue - 2012
This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family's socioeconomic circumstances. We address this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational co-residence and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009532071
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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities
Del Boca, Daniela - 2015
The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children can significantly increase cognitive outcomes in the short and long term and contribute to success later in life. One of the most important of these inputs is maternal time....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430563
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The effect of skill level on the timing of childbearing and number of children
Alders, Peter - 1998
This paper examines the effect of differences in ability on the timing and number ofchildren. Higher skilled women have less disutility of labor and have relatively lessutility of raising children. Motherhood has a negative effect on the accumulation ofhuman capital by learning-by-doing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300566
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Are all of the good men fathers? : the effect of having children on earnings
Kunze, Astrid - 2014
This study reconsiders the empirical question of whether men's earnings increase because of children. Large Norwegian register data are used for brother and twin pairs who are followed over their life cycle from their first entry into the labour market. The data permit family-fixed effects to be...
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Taxation and parental time allocation under different assumptions on altruism
Casarico, Alessandra; Sommacal, Alessandro - 2014
In this paper we develop an overlapping generations model in which child care matters for human capital accumulation. We investigate whether an increase in labor supply brought about by a reduction in taxes is always associated with a reduction in parental time devoted to children, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256101
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Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents
Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars J. - 2011
In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for children's cognitive skills. School performance at age 16...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230850
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Birth order and child outcomes : does maternal quality time matter?
Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2012
Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within … the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are … negative birth order effects on various test scores are only slightly diminished when maternal time is included among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613677