correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics; finding that family is the …

in a family. Individuals' educational outcomes may be affected by a change in their parents' fertility decision. The …-only child. The authors try to estimate the change of educational outcomes when the only child of a family turns to the child …

individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of …

of boys may be more sensitive to family disadvantage than that of girls. Using the National Longitudinal Study of …

Disruptions in family life can take many forms, but all have the potential to impact student learning. With school … administrative data matched to birth records, I estimate the effect of unexpected changes in the home environment, or family shocks …, on achievement. Identification comes from siblings observed in the same year. I find that family shocks are at least as …

As the developed world has experienced a shift away from the traditional two-biological parent family, scholars have … sought to understand how children are faring in non-traditional homes. Debate has arisen over assertions that children from …-cultural evidence, have led some scholars to question the causal influence of family structure on educational attainment. Using data …

limitations. We investigate this issue for Italy - even in the absence of Census data relating family of origin to children …Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these … investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the …