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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
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parental earnings or fathers' education, or relative to other predictors of child performance. We find no effects on … health. Overall the results suggest positive causal interaction effects between mothers' education and the amount of time … education and school outcomes. …
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parental earnings or fathers' education, or relative to other predictors of child perforÿ­mance. We find no effects on …' mental health. Overall the results suggest positive causal interaction effects between mothers' education and the amount of … between matÿ­ernal education and school outcomes. …
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largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in … determining child outcomes, while the education of the surviving parent becomes a stronger factor. Moreover, within the group of … families that lost a parent, this pattern intensifies when a child loses a parent earlier in life - the education of the …
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This paper provides an exploratory analysis on the relationship between educational qualification and work status in Italy, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. Rough data are drawn from four waves (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2004) of the Survey of Household Income and...
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have been acquired through formal education, East Germany has a high level of human capital in comparison to West Germany …
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creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that …
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Disruptions in family life can take many forms, but all have the potential to impact student learning. With school administrative data matched to birth records, I estimate the effect of unexpected changes in the home environment, or family shocks, on achievement. Identification comes from...
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In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
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