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Children early in the birth order get more parental care than later children. Does this significantly affect their life …
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comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields. …
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comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …
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Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal endowments and investments (education and smoking in...
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We study the intergenerational effects of parents' education on their children's educational outcomes. The endogeneity … Parents and Children - a rich cohort dataset of children born in the early 1990s in Avon, England - allows us to examine the …. We find that increasing parental education has a positive causal effect on children's outcomes that is evident at age 4 …
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target children at risk of not maximising their educational potential, the estimates are of interest. Contrary to recent … evidence, we find a positive effect of both parents education on their children's schooling achievements when focusing on … natural parents only. Step parents have no or a negative impact on children's education. In most cases, the endogeneity of …
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Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal endowments and investments (education and smoking in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421186
-sex marriage. The dichotomization of parental sexuality based on marriage obscures the ability to assess actual harm to children …
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We investigate the relationship between early school-leaving and parental education and paternal income using UK Labour Force Survey data. OLS estimation reveals modest effects of income, stronger effects of maternal education relative to paternal, and stronger effects on sons than daughters....
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