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in educational outcomes might be attributed to an uneven allocation of household resources towards the schooling of boys …
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In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long-run educational outcomes of the older siblings. Using...
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Why do some parents send their children to faith-inspired schools (FISs), while others choose to rely on public schools? Within FISs, are the motivations to send a child to a Christian school different from those to send a child to an Islamic school? How well are FISs performing - along various...
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significantly impede growth. This paper presents evidence on school dropout rate being affected by household characteristics and …
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We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from one district in Florida, we find positive spillover effects from an older to a younger child in less...
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This study examines how gender interacts with household headship to influence children’s educational performance. It … factors in the household. It also shows that though women heading households without partners may experience more constraint … performance. The study concludes on the need to empower household heads if their children must access knowledge, an important …
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