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The effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling : a nonparametric bounds analysis
Haan, Monique de - 2008
This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376535
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The effect of opposite sex siblings on cognitive and noncognitive skills in early childhood
Cyron, Laura; Schwerdt, Guido; Viarengo, Martina - 2016
United States at the onset of formal education. Our identification strategy rests on the assumption that, conditional on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576852
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The effect of cash transfers to schools on voluntary contributions
Bando Grana, Rosangela - 2014
School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287264
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The evolution of the US family income-schooling relationship and educational selectivity
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2020
effects of real (as opposed to relative) family income on education have practically vanished between the early 1980's and the … unobserved characteristics, a $300,000 differential in family income generated more than 2 years of education in the early 1980's …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227223
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The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters
Qian, Nancy - 2017
I first document that the introduction of the One Child Policy dramatically increased sex selection in certain regions, and that the Chinese government responded to this by allowing parents who had a daughter as their first child to try for a second child. Next, I show that the increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776484
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Fading out effect or long lasting nudge? : the impact of a conditional cash transfer program beyond starting the school year in Argentina
Edo, María; Marchionni, Mariana - 2018
We estimate the impact on education outcomes of the Universal Child Allowance (AUH), a massive conditional cash … school year, but concentrated on boys in upper-secondary school. In this paper we study the effects on other education … in education. Nevertheless, the evidence also indicates that there is room for improvements in the design of the program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853227
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State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment
Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, Melinda - 2018
This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011868896
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State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment
Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, M. Melinda - 2018
This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874499
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A model of educational attainment : application to the German case
Lauer, Charlotte - 2002
education to decide on the optimal amount of education they want to invest in. In an extension of the model, the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447129
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The effects of occupational knowledge : job information centers, educational choices, and labor market outcomes
Saniter, Nils Peter (contributor);  … - 2014
This study examines the causal link between individuals' occupational knowledge, educational choices, and labor market outcomes. We proxy occupational knowledge with mandatory visits to job information centers (JICs) in Germany while still attending school. Exogenous variation in the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342371