We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …

We investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on educational achievement …, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of siblings and own parental education. We … dispersion of parental education in the school increases. We also show that boys with sisters who are exposed to a higher share …

Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …

Formal education is widely thought to be a major determinant of individual earnings. This paper uses the American … Community Survey to examine the effect of formal schooling on worker wages. Given the potential endogeneity of education …