of individuals surveyed in their early twenties. The inclusion of early life household wealth, parental education and …

investments in children contribute to a levelled playing field and promote social mobility. However, gaps in learning outcomes … between children of rich and poor parents remain as high in Nordic countries as elsewhere in Europe. One explanation for this … paradox is that the equalizing impacts of public investments are undone by parental investments in children of rich and poor …

This paper assesses educational attainment of immigrant children, in particular evaluating whether naturalised parents … invest more in their children's human capital than non-naturalised parents. Findings of the literature indicate that … success of their children. I exploit a natural experiment that took place in Germany in the year 2000 that reduced the …

Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …

We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …