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war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The point estimates indicate that a year of … additional schooling reduces the probability of an arranged marriage by about 14 percentage points for an individual with eight … years of schooling. We also estimate bounds on the effect of education on arranged marriage when exclusion restrictions are …
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of schooling and English proficiency. Moreover, they appear to secure greater earnings payoffs in the US labor market … from their schooling, their labor market experience in the US, and their proficiency in English. What is perhaps remarkable …
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Evidence from previous studies suggests that part of the observed wage differential between males and females is due to the spells of non-participation experienced by women. During these career breaks, no new investment in human capital occurs and the existing stock of skills depreciates,...
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end of the compulsory schooling period. We also determine whether there are differential effects for literacy and numeracy …
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into account. Overall, the findings support the dynamic approach to the estimation of wage-schooling models recently …This paper provides an expression for the bias of the OLS estimator of the schooling coefficient in a simple static … wage-schooling model where earnings persistence is not accounted for. It is argued that the OLS estimator of the schooling …
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We provide evidence that the occurrence of an international migration episode is associated with a variation in the living arrangements of the household members left behind. The migration of a married Mexican man typically induces his spouse and children to join the household of the wife's...
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We study the effects of the CEGEP innovation of the late 1960s in the province of Quebec on total years of schooling …
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Schooling is related to health and future labor market outcomes. The school parents choose for their children often … children's schooling. The findings suggest that excellent academic performance of the child is associated with higher parental … parental satisfaction with all aspects of children's schooling. The results have implications related to school rankings and …
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Using the 2003–2019 American Time Use Survey, we examine how living with a parent who has a work-limiting disability is related to teenagers' time allocation. For girls, we find that living with a disabled parent is associated with less time spent on educational activities, including both...
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