only for children around the median of the attendance rate baseline distribution (between deciles 4 and 6). The … intervention was ineffective for children with very high or very low pre-treatment absenteeism levels. Our results, although … encouraging, emphasize the limits of these types of interventions, especially for children in families where barriers to reduce …

generations on a child's cognitive development. Using data from China, we find that children living in multigenerational families … school children, but not for middle school children. However, children who live only with their parents and children who live … only with their grandparents (the left-behind children) do not show a significant difference in their cognitive performance …

racial gaps in test scores are important because, even within families, children with higher scores are less likely to repeat …-tests on children's scores. We find that those skills that are rewarded in the labor market are not always the same skills that …

an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …

an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …

How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of … to a better understanding of children's long run outcomes. This paper uses a large dataset on the male population of … resulting from twin births have negative effects on the IQ of existing children …

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