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Intergenerational return to human capital
Devereux, Paul J. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education may make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the...
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The role of preschool in reducing inequality
Waldfogel, Jane - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Children from disadvantaged families have lower levels of school readiness when they enter school than do children from more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence on the potential of these programs to reduce...
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Estimating nonseparable models with mismeasured endogenous variables
Song, Suyong; Schennach, Susanne M.; White, Halbert - In: Quantitative Economics 6 (2015) 3, pp. 749-794
We study the identification and estimation of covariate-conditioned average marginal effects of endogenous regressors in nonseparable structural systems when the regressors are mismeasured. We control for the endogeneity by making use of covariates as control variables; this ensures conditional...
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Einführung des Elterngeldes hat Ungleichheit in kindlicher Entwicklung nicht erhöht
Huebener, Mathias; Kühnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 26, pp. 519-529
Die Reform des Elterngeldes hat nicht dazu geführt, dass Ungleichheiten in der kindlichen Entwicklung zunehmen. Das zeigt die vorliegende Studie des DIW Berlin, die als eine der ersten anhand der Ergebnisse von Schuleingangsuntersuchungen der Frage nachgeht, welche Effekte die Einführung des...
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The effect of involuntary maternal job loss on children's behaviour and non-cognitive skills
Peter, Frauke - In: Labour Economics 42 (2016), pp. 43-63
This paper uses propensity score methods to analyse the effect of involuntary maternal job loss on children's non-cognitive skills. My analyses are based on a rich and nationwide random sample, the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) that includes information about maternal job loss and...
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Child work and cognitive development: Results from four low to middle income countries
Keane, Michael P.; Krutikova, Sonya; Neal, Timothy - In: Quantitative Economics 13 (2022) 2, pp. 425-465
We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children's complete time...
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Intergenerational return to human capital
Devereux, Paul J. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269595
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Parental leave policies and socio-economic gaps in child development: Evidence from a substantial benefit reform using administrative data
Huebener, Mathias; Kuehnle, Daniel; Spiess, C. Katharina - In: Labour Economics 61 (2019)
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We analyse a German reform that replaced a means-tested with an earnings-related benefit scheme. Higher-income households benefited relatively more from the...
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Arbeitsplatzverlust der Mutter kann die Entwicklung ihrer Kinder beeinträchtigen
Peter, Frauke H.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 33, pp. 3-8
Der Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes ist für Arbeitnehmer meist mit erheblichen negativen Folgen verbunden - dies gilt umso mehr, wenn von den Auswirkungen Familien betroffen sind. Dabei ist nicht nur die finanzielle Situation von Bedeutung: Auch die Entwicklung der Kinder kann beeinflusst werden,...
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Management learning and the greening of SMEs: Moving beyond problem-solving
Millard, Debbie - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 25 (2011) 2, pp. 178-195
appeal to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and because they do not promote a broader programme of learning and … paper aims to identify the conditions under which management learning is occurring, that triggers a process of on …-going environmental improvement. The main indicators of management learning identified that lead to a process of learning and change were …
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