We estimate a structural dynamic Roy model of education, labor supply and earnings on the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of … males taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and evaluate to what extent changes in education and labor … education, iii) grade progression standards, and iv) the value of non-market time. We quantify the evolution of the relative and …

This paper considers how divorce law alters the incentives for couples to invest in their marriage, focusing on the … useful quasi-experimental variation with which to consider incentives to invest in several types of marriage-specific capital …: spouse's education, children, household specialization, and home ownership. I find that adoption of unilateral divorce …

on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be … empowerment ; principal component ; education ; instrumental variable …

three micro data sets from China we show that those born in a Dragon year are more likely to have a college education, and …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education and earnings …

Intergenerational mobility in income and education is affected by the influence of parents on children's school choices … on children choices. Using data from a cross-country survey (PISA 2003), we study the impact of parental education on …) translates into greater dependence from parental background. These effects are reinforced when moving to post-secondary education …