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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes
Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019
Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992458
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Air pollution, avoidance behaviour and children's respiratory health : evidence from England
Janke, Katharina - In: Journal of health economics 38 (2014), pp. 23-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282077
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What are the long‑term effects of prenatal air pollution exposure? : evidence from the BHPS
Gourley, Patrick - In: Eastern economic journal 46 (2020) 4, pp. 603-635
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583548
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436069
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue-based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447269
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School quality and the development of cognitive skills between age four and six
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Zölitz, Ulf - 2015
This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools … is measured by the school's average achievement test score at age 12. Our results indicate that children in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307980
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Are there peer effects associated with having English Language Learner classmates? : evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K)
Cho, Rosa Minhyo - In: Economics of education review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 629-643
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733784
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Socioeconomic gradients in children's cognitive skills : are cross-country comparisons robust to who reports family background?
Jerrim, John; Micklewright, John - 2014
socioeconomic gradients in children's cognitive abilities across countries. Socioeconomic status is typically measured drawing on … children's reports of family or home characteristics rather than information provided by their parents. There is a well … been very little work on the implications for the estimation of socioeconomic gradients in test scores in the international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398844
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From cradle to career : evidence from the British Birth Cohort studies on the family, education and employment ; introduction
Joshi, Heather - In: National Institute economic review 222 (2012), pp. 1-6
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681881
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Parents' current income, long-term characteristics and children's education : evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001725988