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Nature and nurture effects on children's outcomes : what have we learned from studies of twins and adoptees?
Sacerdote, Bruce - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550896
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Transcriptional modulation of the developing immune system by early life social adversity
Cole, Steven W.; Conti, Gabriella; Arevalo, Jesusa M.; … - 2012
To identify molecular mechanisms by which early life social conditions might influence adult risk of disease in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), we analyze changes in basal leukocyte gene expression profiles in 4-month-old animals reared under adverse social conditions. Compared to the basal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629598
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Parental Skills, Assortative Mating, and the Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Daysal, N. Meltem; Elder, Todd E.; Hellerstein, Judith K.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use rich administrative data from Denmark to assess medical theories that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heritable condition transmitted through underlying parental skills. Positing that occupational choices reflect skills, we create two separate occupation-based skill measures and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510531
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Social and Genetic Effects on Educational Performance in Early Adolescence
Isunget, Martin A.; Conley, Dalton; Zachrisson, Henrik D.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
sufficient attention to genetics. This study is based on the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and … importance of genetics and social background for children's standardized academic test scores. Norway offers a particularly … opportunity structures for children. The results point to genetics only confounding the parent status-offspring achievement …
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Valuing rare pediatric drugs : an economics perspective
Conti, Rena M.; Gruber, Jonathan - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391479
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The Economic Impact of Heritable Physical Traits : Hot Parents, Rich Kid?
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Zhang, Anwen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Since the mapping of the human genome in 2004, biologists have demonstrated genetic links to the expression of several income-enhancing physical traits. To illustrate how heredity produces intergenerational economic effects, this study uses one trait, beauty, to infer the extent to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468285
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Child health disparities, socio-economic status,and school enrollment decisions : evidence from German elementary school entrance exams
Salm, Martin; Schunk, Daniel - In: Neuroeconomics, (pp. 271-288). 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846307
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Does early maternal employment affect noncognitive children outcomes?
Blaskó, Zsuzsa (contributor) - 2008
employment preferences and actual behaviour, high level of occupational stress, low income and low complexity of work. When these … employment ; behaviour problems ; psychological development ; early ages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719307
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Kinderwunschaspekte und Familiengründung in einem entscheidungstheoretischen Handlungsmodell
Stöbel-Richter, Yve; Brähler, Elmar - In: Rational choice : theoretische Analysen und empirische …, (pp. 171-192). 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635046
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Long-term care of the disabled elderly : do children increase caregiving by spouses?
Pezzin, Liliana E.; Pollak, Robert A.; Schone, Barbara S. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759119