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Economic and social perspectives of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …
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Birth weight and cognitive development during childhood : evidence from India
Kumar, Santosh; Kumar, Kaushalendra; Laxminarayan, Ramanan - 2022
larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168222
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The long run impact of a macroeconomic crisis on schooling outcomes
Sharma, Anisha - In: The journal of development studies 58 (2022) 1, pp. 115-144
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Differential effects of the timing of divorce on children's outcomes : evidence from Denmark
Laird, Jessica; Nielsen, Nick Fabrin; Nielsen, Torben Heien - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012546970
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The creativity premium
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 2021
Success in life increasingly depends on key skills that allow people to thrive in education, the labor market, and their interactions with others. In this paper, we emphasize creativity as a key skill that is essential to open-ended problem solving and resistant to automation. We use rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549190
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Children's patience and school-track choices several years later: linking experimental and field data
Angerer, Silvia; Bolvashenkova, Jana; … - 2021
We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519178
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Children's patience and schooltrack choices several years later : linking experimental and field data
Angerer, Silvia; Bolvashenkova, Jana; … - 2021
We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584079
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Children's patience and school-track choices several years later : linking experimental and field data
Angerer, Silvia; Bolvashenkova, Jana; … - 2021
We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591184
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Effects of HIV on gender gaps in school attendance of children in Zimbabwe : a non-linear multivariate decomposition analysis
Zinyemba, Tatenda; Pavlova, Milena; Groot, Wim - In: Education economics 29 (2021) 5, pp. 471-489
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Are grandparents a good substitute for parents as the primary caregiver? : the impact of grandparents on children's academic performance
Wang, Sophie Xuefei; Bansak, Cynthia - 2022
This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254240