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One of the aims of parenting programs is to enhance parental skills and behaviours for the well-being of children. This study examines the effects of the FA.C.E. ("Becoming Educating Communities") program, focusing on parents' use of time with their children. Promoted by the non-profit...
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on the labor-market effect of vocational education by showing that lengthening the short vocational track, and changing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170883
One of the aims of parenting programs is to enhance parental skills and behaviours for the well-being of children. This study examines the effects of the FA.C.E. ("Becoming Educating Communities") program, focusing on parents' use of time with their children. Promoted by the non-profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446379
The idea that genetic differences may explain a multitude of individual-level outcomes studied by economists is far from controversial. Since more datasets now contain measures of genetic variation, it is reasonable to postulate that incorporating genomic data in economic analyses will become...
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Despite extensive research on nonmarket returns to education, direct and spillover effects on mental health are widely … unstudied. This study is the first to analyze heterogeneous intergenerational effects of children's education on parents' mental … schooling reforms. Increasing children's education reduces parents' long-term probability of developing depression. Fathers and …
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest among scholars on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their beneficial effects on elderly wellbeing; almost all contributions support the positive impact of ICTs among older population because their use has been demonstrated to...
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Innovations in cancer treatment have lowered mortality, but little is known about their economic benefits. We assess … innovation are limited to cancer patients with postsecondary education, raising concerns about unequal access to improved …
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This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and … unhealthy lifestyles. We find no effects of paternal education. Children's peer environment early in life and increased … investments in their education are possible effect channels. The intergenerational effects exceed the direct effects on health. …
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An association between health and education has been well-established empirically. It is not clear however whether this … reforms, such as compulsory schooling laws, as exogenous sources of variation in education and examining their long … difficult to establish a credible causal link from educational reforms which affect the quantity of education to health. Thus …
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We examine the effects of a comprehensive school reform on mental health. The reform postponed the tracking of students into vocational and academic schools from age 11 to age 16. The reform was implemented gradually across Finnish municipalities between 1972 and 1977. We use...
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