among youths. Using a difference-in-difference-indifferences estimation strategy we find that around the age of 30 the …

longitudinal data set for a controlled group of full-time employed workers. Using panel data estimation, we address individual … fixed effect estimation and also larger than 1.9% in OLS estimations. …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings …-related and only paid for up to 14 months. Higher-income households benefited more from the reform than low-income households. We …

divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …

scores, and sizable effects on college attendance and enrollment at more selective institutions, in particular for low-income … children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

This paper studies the determinants of children's scores on tests of cognitive achievement in math and reading. Using … and Hispanic children. The estimated model captures key patterns in the data, such as the widening of minority-white test … score gaps with age, which is most pronounced for black children. The parameter estimates indicate that home inputs are …