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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - 2006
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non … sibling-difference estimators or two types of quasi-experiments, the evidence that family structure affects schooling outcomes … schooling outcomes, confidence intervals are large and span zero. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260975
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes : Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco - 2006
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non … schooling outcomes is much less conclusive. Although almost all the point estimates indicate that non-intactness has an adverse … effect on schooling outcomes, confidence intervals are large and span zero …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783574
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Parental involvement and education outcomes of their children
Kantova, Klara - 2022
With the goal to shed more light on the effectiveness of parental time spent with their children, I estimate the causal relationship between parental involvement and education outcomes of children. My research is the first which examines the effect of parental time in terms of the engagement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807274
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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice
Landvoigt, Tim; Mühler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984-2005. We estimate binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224617
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Sharing the Pie : Undernutrition, Intra-Household Allocation, and Poverty
Brown, Caitlin - 2018
Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households. However, intra-household inequality may mean many poor individuals reside in non-poor households. Using Bangladeshi data, we first show that undernourished individuals are spread across the household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916460
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Guaranteed Employment in Rural India : Richer Households, Poorer Women?
García, Jorge Luis - 2022
Female labor force participation increased worldwide between 1990 and 2015. In India, it decreased 22% from a low rate of 37%. Rural married women drove the decrease, which began right after the implementation of a policy guaranteeing employment for rural households. I document the following....
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Does Domestic Violence Jeopardize the Learning Environment of Peers within the School? Peer Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence in Urban Peru
Gutierrez, Italo A. - 2020
This study builds on the findings of Carrell and Hoekstra (2010, 2018) by exploring the peer effects of domestic violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors...
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Math Culture
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2017
In this study, we provide evidence that parents' beliefs about the value of math, in terms of successful employment, have a positive impact on children's math scores. This result is robust to the reverse causality issue that characterizes the relationship between parental attitude and children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960269
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The impact of child labor and school quality on academic achievement in Brazil
Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo G.; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; … - 2009
conditions affect school performance. For high school students in Portuguese, compared to students who have schooling as their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269166
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The impact of child labor and school quality on academic achievement in Brazil
Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo G.; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; … - 2009
conditions affect school performance. For high school students in Portuguese, compared to students who have schooling as their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824949