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invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some … determinants of the demand for education and then go on to consider what we know about how microcredit affects this demand. I find …
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measure a family's SES by the mother's and father's average years of education and household income. Our results show that … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …
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measure a family's SES by the mother's and father's average years of education and household income. Our results show that … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530593
styles are strongly associated with household income, education and whether a child is an only child. The results suggest … that constraints in both time and (non-)cognitive skills of the parents restrict their choice. We find that children … children from different socioeconomic origins. …
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This paper explores how school-age exposure to storms impacts the education and primary activity status of young adults … the probability of accruing educational delays, a 2 percentage point decline in post-secondary education achievement, and …
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mother's and father's average years of education and household income. Our results show that children from families with … quality of time parents spend with their children, parenting style, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child …
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concerning the clear identification of the education and creativity components of human capital. The main purpose of this paper …
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affluent families; time use evidence indicates that this is likely because affluent parents are more involved in their children …
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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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