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The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement
Hull, Marie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 10, pp. 1-20
In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use. Specifically, I take a model of academic achievement commonly used in the test score literature, and I augment...
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Maternal health and the baby boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 225-269
Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
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Born this way : the effect of an unexpected child benefit at birth on longer-term educational outcomes
Sánchez-Coll, Sergi - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 105-141
Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to …
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
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The quantity-quality fertility-education trade-off : policies to reduce fertility in developing countries generally boost education levels, but only slightly
Liu, Haoming - 2015
its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively …At the national level, it has long been observed that a country's average education level is negatively associated with … children and the average education level (the quantity-quality trade-off)? A clear answer to this question will help both …
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
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Is the return to education the same for everybody? : while a four-year college degree is financially beneficial for most people, it is not necessarily the best option for everyone
Webber, Douglas A. - 2014
lives. The return to education varies greatly by institutional quality, discipline, and individual characteristics …
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Viele Kinder von Geflüchteten besuchen eine Kita oder Grundschule : Nachholbedarf bei den unter Dreijährigen und der Sprachförderung von Schulkindern
Gambaro, Ludovica; Liebau, Elisabeth; Peter, Frauke; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 84 (2017) 19, pp. 379-386
Der Besuch einer Kindertageseinrichtung (Kita) oder einer Grundschule stellt für Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund einen wichtigen Bestandteil der Integration und Teilhabe an der deutschen Gesellschaft dar. Im Kontext des Zuzugs von mehr als 890 000 Schutzsuchenden im Jahr 2015 untersucht dieser...
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Investments in early education and child outcomes : the short and the long run
Del Boca, Daniela; Martino, Enrica Maria; Piazzalunga, … - In: ifo DICE report 15 (2017) 1, pp. 43-48
In the last few years a growing number of economists and psychologists have focused on the ways parents care for their younger children. In households where both parents work in particular, the care of children has to be at least partially delegated to the care of other members of the family or...
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The child penalty : evidence from Spain
Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers’...
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