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Self-productivity in early childhood
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor) - 2007
investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in Germany. The data are drawn from the mother-child questionnaire of the … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child’s noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child’s health … by 0.64 percent at the age of 3-18 months. Until the age of 42 months a one percent increases in child's noncognitive …
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Timing of familycome, borrowing constraints and child achievement
Knoth Humlum, Maria (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003756687
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Maternal literacy & numeracy skills & child health in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - In: The economy of Ghana : analytical perspectives on …, (pp. 366-391). 2008
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Empirical applications to labor economics and public finance
Oreopoulos, Philip - 2002
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The effect of maternal depression and substance abuse on child human capital development
Frank, Richard G.; Meara, Ellen - 2009
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Schools, skills, and synapses
Heckman, James J. - 2008
This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the role of families in creating these abilities, (d)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003870356
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Divorced fathers’ proximity and children’s long run outcomes : evidence from Norwegian registry data
Kalil, Ariel; Mogstad, Magne; Rege, Mari; Votruba, Mark - 2010
proximity of the child to his or her father in each year following the divorce and link proximity to children's educational and … economic outcomes in young adulthood, controlling for a wide range of observable characteristics of the parents and the child … as more contact with their children (measured in terms of the number of nights that the child spends at the fathers …
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Critical periods during childhood and adolescence : a study of adult height among immigrant siblings
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lundborg, Peter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2011
We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For this we use data on families migrating into Sweden from countries that are poorer, with less healthy conditions. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between...
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The economics, technology and neuroscience of human capability formation
Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007
This paper begins the synthesis of two currently unrelated literatures: the human capital approach to health economics and the economics of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation. A lifecycle investment framework is the foundation for understanding the origins of human inequality and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609787
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Short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health : an analysis using siblings and twins
Oreopoulos, Philip; Stabile, Mark; Walld, Randy; Roos, … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 43 (2008) 1, pp. 88-138
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