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pay their parents to do so, which can lead to inefficiently low levels of investments. Estimating the model to match key …
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This paper uses a field experiment to answer how information frictions between parents and their children affect … parents was provided de-tailed information about their child's academic progress. I frame the results in the context of a … persuasion game between parents and their children. Parents have upwardly-biased beliefs about their child's effort and the …
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conditions have turned out to be particularly difficult for parents who, due to changes in the organization of the education … for cooperation between schools and parents proposed in this study, it will be possible to reduce the risk and uncertainty … questionnaire was provided to a sample of 10,331 respondents, including 7800 professional parents, in a trial form before a …
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This paper examines the differential effects of mother's schooling and father's schooling on the acquisition of schooling by their offspring. It does this in a 'cross-cultural' context by comparing results across three countries: Germany, Hungary and the Former Soviet Union. It looks within...
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sample of more than 500 parents with pre-school aged children. Our findings show that our tool is reliable and delivers high …
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This paper provides a first microeconomic foundation for the institution of marriage. Based on a model of reproduction, mating, and parental investment in children, we argue that marriage serves the purpose of attenuating the risk of mating market failure that arises from incomplete information...
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