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The more the merrier? The effect of family composition on children's education

Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2004

order has a significant and large effect on children’s education; children born later in the family obtain less education …

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Small family, smart family? Family size and the IQ scores of young men

Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2007

How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of educational attainment and future labor market success; as a result, understanding the determinants of cognitive skills can lead to a better understanding of children’s long run...

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Policy Challenges for the Next 50 Years

Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly...

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Dynamic skill accumulation, comparative advantages, compulsory schooling, and earnings

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2011

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. …

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College major choice and the gender gap

Zafar, Basit - 2009

Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...

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How do college students form expectations?

Zafir, Basit - 2009

expectations formation is crucial for education policy recommendations. This paper focuses on how college students form …

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Giving children a better start: Preschool attendance and school-age profiles

Berlinski, Samuel; Galiani, Sebastian; Manacorda, Marco - 2007

We study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of … education and are 27 percentage points more likely to be in school compared to their untreated siblings. Instrumental variables … grade repetition harms subsequent school progression and that pre-primary education appears as a successful policy option to …

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Can subjective expectations data be used in choice models? Evidence on cognitive biases

Zafar, Basit - 2010

A pervasive concern with the use of subjective data in choice models is that the data are biased and endogenous. This paper examines the extent to which cognitive biases plague subjective data, specifically addressing 1) whether cognitive dissonance affects the reporting of beliefs, and 2)...

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Double majors: One for me, one for the parents?

Zafar, Basit - 2010

At least a quarter of college students in the United States graduate with more than one undergraduate major. This paper investigates how students decide on the composition of their paired majors - in other words, whether the majors chosen are substitutes or complements. Since students use both...

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Birth order and human capital development: Evidence from Ecuador

de Haan, Monique; Plug, Erik; Rosero, José - 2012

In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order effects; earlier born children stay behind in their...

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