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Maternal education and child health : causal evidence from Denmark
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Christensen, Mads Lybech; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630840
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The effects of education on health : an intergenerational perspective
Huebener, Mathias - 2018
This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and …, which was implemented across federal states at different points in time. Maternal schooling reduces children's smoking and … overweight in adolescence. The effects persist into children's adulthood, reducing chronic conditions that often result from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906241
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Parental education and child health : evidence from a schooling reform
Lindeboom, Maarten; Nozal, Ana Llena; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we explore exogenous variation in parental education induced by a schooling reform in 1947, which raised the minimum school leaving age in the UK. Findings based on data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350377
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Intergenerational effects of education on risky health behaviours and long-term health
Huebener, Mathias - 2017
This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health …. Instrumental variable estimates and difference-in-differences estimates reveal that increases in maternal schooling reduce children … children's education and improvements in their peer environment early in life are important for explaining the effects. Changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771748
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Time investment by parents in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities
Sepahvand, Mohammad; Shahbazian, Roujman; Swain, … - 2013
We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745250
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The intergenerational effects of parental schooling on the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children
Silles, Mary - In: Economics of education review 30 (2011) 2, pp. 258-268
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009297294
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698648
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills : an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665122
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills : an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665134
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665488