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quality, partly due to the substantial presence of the informal sector. This paper examines the case of Bolivia, which has the … education in Bolivia provides an additional explanation for the reduction in female participation in the informal sector, as … that the rise in primary school enrollment in Bolivia explains up to 40% of the decline in female workers under age 40 in …
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provision on children's cognitive, social and behavioral development at an early age. We identify the effects of interest … investment of grandparents on the socio-behavioral development and the picture similarities measure of cognitive ability of …
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and economic inequality.The incarceration of a caregiver can hamstring a child’s development and leave already struggling … families financially strapped. As the parent-child bond is critical to a child’s development, the severance of that bond by the …
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Women who give birth as teens have worse subsequent educational and labor market outcomes than women who have first births at older ages. However, previous research has attributed much of these effects to selection rather than a causal effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still...
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Women who give birth as teens have worse subsequent educational and labor market outcomes than women who have first births at older ages. However, previous research has attributed much of these effects to selection rather than a causal effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296522
Women who give birth as teens have worse subsequent educational and labor market outcomes than women who have first births at older ages. However, previous research has attributed much of these effects to selection rather than a causal effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990921
We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in...
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This paper analyzes the role of parenting styles, a recent topic in the economic literature. Using a novel latent class model, we investigate which parenting styles can be observed in the data and how parenting styles are related to parents’ socioeconomic status and household composition. We...
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We empirically investigate the link between parental involvement and shaping of the economic preferences, attitudes and personality traits of their children. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes, the Big Five personality traits and locus of control of parents and their...
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This paper demonstrates multiple beneficial impacts of a program promoting inter-generational mobility for disadvantaged African-American children and their children. The program improves outcomes of the first-generation treatment group across the life cycle, which translates into better family...
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