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parents invest in early and college education of their children subject to borrowing constraints. Children differ exogenously … in innate abilities, which can be correlated with their parent's innate ability. An important feature of the environment … is that the quality of early education determines the probability of college completion. We calibrate a stationary …
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This paper estimates the relationship between differences in skills measured among within-country ethnic groups and individual human capital accumulation in eight African countries. Our results show that the skills of an individual in these countries depends more on the human capital levels of...
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rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On … completion is higher. However, a small additional impact on girls’ education due to the Covid-19 induced rise in teenage … pregnancy is observed in some countries. Intergenerational mobility of education decreases from 1 to close to 50 percent …
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series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …
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education sector lead to a negative correlation. A better understanding of the causes for changes in inequality over time or … shows that skilled parents might prefer more public education than unskilled parents, if the educational barriers for …
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This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...
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This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376535
educational reform, implemented in Sweden in the 1950s and 60s, which postponed tracking and extended compulsory education from … is likely that the reform increased education more for children from low educated households, compared to those children …
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This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137338
pathways by which parental status is related to offspring status, including education, labor market attachment, occupation … because of the higher returns to education and skills, the pathway through offspring education is relatively more important …
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