effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …

correlation between parents' and children's education. Using data for 1954-1993 birth cohorts, we find a decrease in … distribution. Nevertheless, a considerable portion of children's education still depends on family background. Children from poor …

their children. In this paper,we shed light on the potential channels through which human capital is transmitted from … mothers to their children in early childhood. The main channels through which maternal human capital benefits the child …

parents to their children. Attempts to empirically measure the strength of this transmission relied so far on the cross …-sectional regression of the trust of children on the contemporaneous trust of their parents. We introduce a new identification strategy … which hinges on a panel of parents and their children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Our results show that: 1 …

find substantial transmission of patience from parents to children, which is insensitive to the inclusion of comprehensive … sets of administratively reported controls and persists as children age. We further explore heterogeneity in the … influence children's traits: parenting values and parental involvement. Our results show that, in contrast to authoritative …