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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …
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Family background and children's schooling outcomes
Haan, Monique de - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779951
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Under the weather : health, schooling, and economic consequences of early-life rainfall
Maccini, Sharon; Yang, Dean - In: The American economic review 99 (2009) 3, pp. 1006-1026
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863222
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Inequality at birth : some causes and consequences
Currie, Janet M. - 2011
provide new evidence on this question, showing that children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901487
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Parental education, grade attainment and earnings expectations among university students
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Redmond, Cathy - 2010
While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address this deficit by analysing the relationship between...
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Inequality at birth : some causes and consequences
Currie, Janet M. - In: The American economic review 101 (2011) 3, pp. 1-22
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261154
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Parental education, grade attainment and earnings expectations among university students
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Redmond, Cathy - In: Economics of education review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1136-1152
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2015
children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …
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Neighbourhood, school and family determinants of children's aspirations in primary school
Flouri, Eirini; Tsivrikos, Dimitrios; Akhtar, Reece; … - In: Journal of vocational behavior 87 (2015), pp. 71-79
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Intercontinental evidence on socioeconomic status and early childhood cognitive skills : is Latin America different?
López Bóo, Florencia - 2013
This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children …
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