impact of giving parents objective information about children’s academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more … modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced school satisfaction. The use of private tutoring is increased, while … extracurricular activities are reduced. Examining the underlying mechanisms, we show that it is public-school parents and parents of …

impact of giving parents objective information about children's academic achievement. Releasing test scores leads to more … modest perceptions of academic achievement and reduced school satisfaction. The use of private tutoring is increased, while … extracurricular activities are reduced. Examining the underlying mechanisms, we show that is it public-school parents and parents of …

immigrant peers. I find that exposure to immigrant children has dissimilar effects on native students' achievements across the …This study examines how exposure to immigrant students affects the academic achievement of native students in the three … in the share of immigrant children between different grade levels within schools is exploited to identify the impact of …

This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data … scores of their school-age grandchildren. We further examine the mechanisms of this negative effect. Our results suggest that … the education of grandparents plays an important role on the success of grandchildren and that increased schooling of …

This paper builds upon Cunha's (2015) subjective rationality model in which parents have a subjective belief about the … impact of their investment on the early skill formation of their children. We propose that this subjective belief is …

We propose a model in which parents have a subjective belief about the impact of their investment on the early skill … formation of their children. This subjective belief is determined in part by locus of control (LOC), i.e., the extent to which …

We propose a model in which parents have a subjective belief about the impact of their investment on the early skill … formation of their children. This subjective belief is determined in part by locus of control (LOC), i.e., the extent to which …

We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin …

. Using Danish administrative data linking parents experiencing plant closures to their children, we compare end-of-school … taking, scores, and high school enrolment among children exposed during infancy (age 0-1). Effects are largest for low … outcomes to matched peers and to closures hitting after school completion age. Parental job loss disproportionally reduces test …