began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for … non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also negatively affected children’s education …: e.g. parental absence due to migration, health problems, and alcohol abuse. These findings call for a greater policy …

While there is a growing literature on family health spillovers, questions remain about how sibling disability status … Danish administrative data and variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes to compare education outcomes of focal children with … a disabled sibling to outcomes of focal children without a disabled sibling (matched on date of birth of the focal child …

children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for …We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the … Australian Children, we employ a Regression Discontinuity Design based on birthday eligibility cut-offs. We find that Australian …