, they can affect parents' time allocation and family dynamics. This paper examines how extending the school day affects …Policies that extend the school day in elementary school provide an implicit childcare subsidy for families. As such … the extension in the school day by 3.5 hours leads to a significant increase in divorce rates. Moreover, the effect grows …

fictitious families (heterosexual couple, single mother, and single father) and send e-mails to schools in which the family …

Truancy is often seen as irrational behaviour on the part of school age youth. This paper takes the opposite view and … truancy is a function of the estimated economic returns from work, crime and school. … models truancy as the solution to a time allocation problem in which youths derive current returns from activities that …

This paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and truancy. Using data from the Youth Cohort … Study of England and Wales, we estimate the causal impact that truancy has on educational attainment at age 16. Problematic … is that both truancy and attainment are measured as ordered responses requiring a bivariate ordered probit model to …

related to truancy in third grade. These results stress the importance of early intervention for homeless children and …

Truancy is often seen as irrational behaviour on the part of school age youth. This paper takes the opposite view and … truancy is a function of the estimated economic returns from work, crime and school. … models truancy as the solution to a time allocation problem in which youths derive current returns from activities that …

the primordial focus. Using the Belgian (Flemish) disciplinary policy on truancy and school allowances as case in point …