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Gender differences in the benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2017
This paper estimates gender differences in life-cycle impacts across multiple domains of an influential enriched early childhood program targeted toward disadvantaged children that was evaluated by the method of random assignment. We assess the impacts of the program on promoting or alleviating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647668
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Gender Differences in the Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program
García, Jorge Luis - 2017
This paper estimates gender differences in life-cycle impacts across multiple domains of an influential enriched early childhood program targeted toward disadvantaged children that was evaluated by the method of random assignment. We assess the impacts of the program on promoting or alleviating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956027
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The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
This paper estimates the long-term benefits from an influential early childhood program targeting disadvantaged families. The program was evaluated by random assignment and followed participants through their mid-30s. It has substantial beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595977
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When the Cat's Away... The Effects of Spousal Migration on Investments on Children
Rizzica, Lucia - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of parental migration on children left behind in order to understand whether and how the effects of migration on children depend on which of their parents migrates. I describe the migration of one of the spouses as a sequential game in which the spouse who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057792
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Public school access or stay-at-home partner : factors mitigating the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on academic parents
Deryugina, Tatyana; Shurchikov, Olga; Stearns, Jenna - 2022
find that access to public schools offset the research time loss to a greater extent among mothers of young children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801484
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Public school access or stay-at-home partner: factors mitigating the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic parents
Deryugina, Tatyana; Shurchkov, Olga; Stearns, Jenna - 2022
find that access to public schools offset the research time loss to a greater extent among mothers of young children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805383
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Women's missing mobility and the gender gap in higher education : evidence from Germany's university expansion
Boelmann, Barbara - 2024 - This version: February 2024
This paper shows that the local availability of universities acted as a catalyst in the catch-up of women in higher education that has been documented for developed countries in the latter half of the 20th century. It uses the foundation of new universities in the 1960s and 1970s in West German...
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Gender gap in application to selective schools : are grades a good signal?
Federičová, Miroslava - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436834
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The high school environment and the gender gap in science and engineering
Legewie, Joscha; DiPrete, Thomas A. - 2014
gender theories, we argue that widely shared and hegemonic gender beliefs manifest differently across schools so that the … gender-specific formation of study plans is shaped by the local environment of high schools. Using the National Education … Longitudinal Study, we first show large variations between high schools in the ability to attract students to STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012040060
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Gender differences in behavioral problems and school outcomes
Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; Obel, Carsten; Smith, Nina - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 115 (2015), pp. 75-93
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401240