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This paper examines the differential effects of mother's schooling and father's schooling on the acquisition of schooling by their offspring. It does this in a 'cross-cultural' context by comparing results across three countries: Germany, Hungary and the Former Soviet Union. It looks within...
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. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more … stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in …
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. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more … stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in …
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enrollment among children that parents reported wanting to remain home at baseline. Children that parents want to migrate have … increased enrollment, and parents want more children to migrate … determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on …
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Schooling is related to health and future labor market outcomes. The school parents choose for their children often … depends on feedback received from other parents. Therefore it is important to understand whether parental satisfaction with … the school depends only on objective measures of the quality of the school. We examine the association between children …
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children’s and parents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the consumption and disposal of plastics. We do this using … positive impact on children’ knowledge, attitudes and practices, but no effect on parents’ behavior. Heterogeneous effects … parents. Finally, because parents may ultimately determine what constitutes acceptable behavior for children, promoting …
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have devastating effects not only on the individual but the entire household, including children. If a parental health … shock reduces investments in children, it may have long-lasting implications on the children's future socioeconomic status … with consequences on their adult health. Using a detailed longitudinal dataset of Danish children born in the period 1987 …
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