In this paper we present sibling and neighbor correlations in school grades and cognitive skills as well as indicators of physical and mental health for a sample of German adolescents. In a first step, we estimate sibling correlations and find substantial influence of shared family and community...

While childhood obesity has become a significant public health concern over the last few decades, knowledge concerning the origins of or persistence in childhood anthropometric measures is incomplete. Here, we utilize several nonparametric measures of mobility to assess the evolution of weight,...

Circumstance plays a crucial role not only in determining individual academic achievement but also in shaping long-term achievement mobility, which has received limited attention in previous literature. Our study, based on the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data from 2010 and 2014 as well as...