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The impact of migration on family left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child … migrates. -- migration ; left behind ; elderly ; children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009532139
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Land inequality, eduction, and marriage : empirical evidence from nineteenth-century Prussia
Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik - 2016
In this study we review the literature on the relationship between landownership inequality and the accumulation of human capital in historical perspective. Furthermore we provide new evidence on the relationship between landownership inequality and marriage patterns at the county level in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536183
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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903035
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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011 - Revised version: November 15, 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424169
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Investing in our young people
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2010
formation ; cognitive skills ; noncognitive skills ; technology of skill formation ; investment in children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003987165
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Early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries : a comprehensive literature review
Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom …. Firstly, a brief discussion of the importance of early stimulation for young children in developing countries is provided …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155582
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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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Long-term effects of early childhood care and education
Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane - 2011
market outcomes of the children whose parents were affected by them, perhaps because benefits are hard to measure or confined … adults, particularly for disadvantaged children; however the gains may be less pronounced when high quality subsidized child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521179
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The economics of child well-being
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - 2012
This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631453
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Household resources and individual strategies
Deschênes, Sarah; Dumas, Christelle; Lambert, Sylvie - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244583