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effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …
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We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the … Australian Children, we employ a Regression Discontinuity Design based on birthday eligibility cut-offs. We find that Australian … children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for …
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effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …
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This paper calculates new measures of human capital. Contrary to the existing literature, they are based on realistic rates of return to education, which are allowed to vary substantially across countries and to some extent over time. The new measures perform well in regression analysis...
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Prior empirical research on the theoretically proposed interaction between the quantity and the quality of children …-parametric Bayesian IV approach for econometric inference. Our estimation results substantiate the finding of a zero effect: we provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346050
Prior empirical research on the theoretically proposed interaction between the quantity and the quality of children …-parametric Bayesian IV approach for econometric inference. Our estimation results substantiate the finding of a zero effect: we provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354544
Prior empirical research on the theoretically proposed interaction between the quantity and the quality of children …-parametric Bayesian IV approach for econometric inference. Our estimation results substantiate the finding of a zero effect: we provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257598
Prior empirical research on the theoretically proposed interaction between the quantity and the quality of children …-parametric Bayesian IV approach for econometric inference. Our estimation results substantiate the finding of a zero effect: we provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312614
We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different educational attainment. In a second step we also investigate this effect for three different child age cohorts. Past research shows that the degree of success in the labour market is...
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formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … effects on the children's 6th grade test scores, but we find evidence of positive effects on test scores for sons of less than …
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