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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 … family's welfare receipt while the young person was growing up. We find that young people who experience socioeconomic …
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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 … family's welfare receipt while the young person was growing up. We find that young people who experience socioeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109804
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 … family's welfare receipt while the young person was growing up. We find that young people who experience socioeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110365
Previous studies have found that firstborn children enjoy a distinct advantage over their later- born counterparts in terms of educational attainment. This paper advances the state of knowledge in this area in two ways. First, it analyses the role of young peoples aspirations, estimating the...
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affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …
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This paper argues that the pace to return to work after childbirth is not independent of family values. I evaluate the … to work of mothers who hold different family values. Using a regression discontinuity design and an epidemiological … approach to family values I find that although the policy has substantially increased the pace to return to work of mothers …
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offer new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature. …
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We analyze data from the Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR), combined with the Socioeconomic Survey of Twins (SST), and new mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial casual effect of education on health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based...
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We analyze data from the Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR), combined with the Socioeconomic Survey of Twins (SST), and new mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial causal effect of education on health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216567
This paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among socially advantaged (e.g. white, two-parent, or non-poor school district) and disadvantaged families (e.g. black, single-mother, or poor school district) in elementary and middle school. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age...
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