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causal effect of parental education, parental time with children, and parental income during early childhood on the … educational outcomes of children. Estimating the causal effects of time with children, income, and parental education is … challenging because parental time with children is usually unavailable in many datasets and because of the problem of endogeneity …
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Proponents of tracking argue that the creation of more homogeneous classes increases effciency while opponents point out that tracking aggravates initial differences between students. We estimate the effects on the intergenerational transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by...
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This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
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the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …
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family environment and genetic factors for children's outcomes. We describe the pros and cons of various approaches as well … as key findings. The third strand is concerned with drawing causal inferences about how children's outcomes are affected … neighborhoods in which children grow up. We critically assess what conclusions one may and may not draw from certain celebrated …
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We analyse in detail the factors that lead to intergenerational persistence among sons, where this is measured as the association between childhood family income and later adult earnings. We seek to account for the level of income persistence in the 1970 BCS cohort and also to explore the...
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We study the role played by the standard of living during childhood on nest leaving. Using data from SHARE, we show empirically that individuals who grew up in a golden nest leave the parental home later and that education only partially mediates this effect. This relationship holds across...
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Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about …
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the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …
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We describe the joint permanent health distribution of parents and children in Germany using 25 years of data from the …
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