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Heterogeneous effects of afterschool care on child development
Schmitz, Laura - 2022
It is often argued that institutionalized after-school care (ASC) can benefit children lacking adequate homework support at home and, hence, foster equality of opportunity. However, despite considerable policy interest, it is unclear whether these afternoon programs are beneficial for child...
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Heterogeneous effects of afterschool care on child development
Schmitz, Laura - 2022 - This version: June 2022
It is often argued that institutionalized after-school care (ASC) can benefit children lacking adequate homework support at home and, hence, foster equality of opportunity. However, despite considerable policy interest, it is unclear whether these afternoon programs are beneficial for child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268147
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Ganztagsschulen fördern die Entwicklung sozialer Fähigkeiten von Grundschüler*innen
Schmitz, Laura - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 89 (2022) 48, pp. 635-642
Der Ausbau hin zu einem flächendeckenden Ganztagsangebot für Grundschüler*innen seit 2003 zielte darauf ab, Chancengleichheit zu fördern. Empirische Analysen auf Basis administrativer Schuldaten aus sechs westdeutschen Bundesländern und dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) zeigen nun...
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The impact of education on household income in rural Vietnam
In: International Journal of Financial Studies 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-9
was found to increase household income, it increases income inequality in rural Vietnam. Our research findings suggest … that improving the access of poor households to better education is expected to increase their income and reduce inequality …
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The impact of education on household income in rural Vietnam
Hung Van Vu - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 8 (2020) 1/11, pp. 1-9
was found to increase household income, it increases income inequality in rural Vietnam. Our research findings suggest … that improving the access of poor households to better education is expected to increase their income and reduce inequality …
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The role of preschool in reducing inequality
Waldfogel, Jane - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence … on the potential of these programs to reduce inequality in child development is now quite strong. Long-term studies of …
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The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the "Great Gatsby Curve" in Brazil
Leone, Tharcisio - 2019
mobility and income inequality. In this sense, this work presents empirical evidence for the existence of the "Great Gatsby … income inequality might lead to a lower investment in human capital among children from socially vulnerable households. The … in states with a higher level of income inequality. …
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Degrees of poverty: The relationship between family income background and the returns to education
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hershbein, Brad J. - 2018
Drawing on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we document a startling empirical pattern: the career earnings premium from a four-year college degree (relative to a high school diploma) for persons from low-income backgrounds is considerably less than it is for those from higher-income...
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How redistributive policies reduce market inequality: Education premiums in 22 OECD countries
Weisstanner, David; Armingeon, Klaus - 2018
premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …
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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations: Causal evidence from a mentoring intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2024
We investigate the role played by the social environment in the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we find that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...
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