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Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility

Adermon, Adrian - 2019

We study the importance of the extended family – the dynasty – for the persistence in inequality across generations. We use data including the entire Swedish population, linking four generations. This data structure enables us to identify parents’ siblings and cousins, their spouses, and...

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Human capital effects of one-on-one time with parents : evidence from a Swedish childcare access reform

Sjögren, Anna; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås - 2022

We study the effects of increased opportunities for one-on-one time with a parent during infancy on the human capital formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare access for infants' older siblings, while parents were...

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The Long-Term Consequences of Teacher Discretion in Grading of High-Stakes Tests

Diamond, Rebecca - 2016

We examine the long-term consequences of teacher discretion in grading of high-stakes tests. Bunching in Swedish math test score distributions reveal that teachers inflate students who have “a bad test day,” but do not to discriminate based on immigrant status or gender. By developing a new...

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Dynastic human capital, inequality, and intergenerational mobility

Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - In: American economic review 111 (2021) 5, pp. 1523-1548

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The making of social democracy : the economic and electoral consequences of Norway’s 1936 folk school reform

Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - 2021

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The making of social democracy: the economic and electoral consequences of Norway’s 1936 folk school reform

Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - 2021

Upon assuming power for the first time in 1935, the Norwegian Labour Party delivered on its promise for a major schooling reform. The reform raised minimum instruction time in less developed rural areas and boosted the resources available to rural schools, reducing class size and increasing...

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Time preferences and lifetime outcomes

Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Grönqvist, Hans; Lindahl, Lena - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between time preferences and lifetime social and economic behavior. We use a Swedish longitudinal dataset that links information from a large survey on children's time preferences at age 13 to administrative registers spanning over four decades. Our...

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Searching for Optimal Inequality/Incentives

Björklund, Anders - 2008

This paper examines the evolution of economic inequality in Sweden before, during and after the major macro … buttressed disposable income for those with low income, and despite the rise in inequality, Sweden remained one of the most … low to explain that Sweden moved to the top of the league tables in knowledge intensive activities. Our analysis of …

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Time diary measures of investment in young children

Klevmarken, Anders; Stafford, Frank P. - 1997

care settings. Estimates are given for Sweden and the U.S. The mere size of the total of these investments in early human … capital, more than 20 percent of GDP for Sweden, raises a number of interesting questions. …

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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility

Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - 2016

We study the importance of the extended family - or the dynasty - for the persistence in human capital inequality across generations. We use data including the entire Swedish population, linking four generations. This data structure enables us to - in addition to parents, grandparents and great...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598138