variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income … nationally representative telephone survey that included 86,537 parents of children 0–17 years old. The sample was composed of … parents. The dependent variable was household poverty status (income-to-needs ratio). Race was the focal moderator. Linear …

-Saharan Africa). This suggests a dominant role for the parents in determining educational opportunities of children. Evidence on the … unobserved family, community, and school factors shared by siblings when growing up together. The estimates suggest that sibling …

modelling of both cases is proposed for two types of educational decisions, one based on the family expenditure on education and …We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational … inequality persistency. It is firstly outlined that the critical increase in the population education level in all countries has …

This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes … childhood significantly decreases the level of income in adulthood and increases the average probability of being poor. Moreover …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …

and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using … managers to evaluate which skill signals such as cognitive skills, social skills and maturity are valued by employers when …

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education … performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly … related to wages, especially at the top of the wage distribution. …

attainment, the relaxation of budget constraints, and increased social contact for children whose parents are less advantaged in …This paper estimates the impact of the Free Education Policy, a major education reform implemented in rural China in … 2006, as a natural experiment on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. The identification strategy relies …

attainment, the relaxation of budget constraints, and increased social contact for children whose parents are less advantaged in …This paper estimates the impact of the Free Education Policy, a major education reform implemented in rural China in … 2006, as a natural experiment on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. The identification strategy relies …