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Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior
Ando, Michihito; Mori, Hiroaki; Yamaguchi, Shintaro - 2022
The evidence for the effects of early childhood education on risky behavior in adolescence is limited. This paper studies the consequences of a reform of a large-scale universal kindergarten program in Japan. Exploiting a staggered expansion of kindergartens across regions, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078318
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Universal early childhood education and adolescent risky behavior
Ando, Michihito; Mori, Hiroaki; Yamaguchi, Shintarō - 2022
The evidence for the effects of early childhood education on risky behavior in adolescence is limited. This paper studies the consequences of a reform of a large-scale universal kindergarten program in Japan. Exploiting a staggered expansion of kindergartens across regions, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013367278
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Extended school day and teenage fertility in Dominican Republic
Garganta, Santiago; Pinto, María Florencia; Zentner, … - 2023 - This version: June 12, 2023
This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468146
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Neighbourhood effects on migrant youth's educational commitments : an enquiry into personality differences
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Hooimeijer, Pieter; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2013
commitments are influenced by neighbourhood characteristics. We investigate this process for migrant youth, a group that lags … behind in educational attainment compared to native youth, and might therefore be particularly vulnerable to neighbourhood … proportions of immigrants increases the educational commitments of migrant youth compared to living in neighbourhoods with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774269
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"High"-school : the relationship between early marijuana use and educational outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - 2013
We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224588
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Why do some young adults not graduate from upper secondary school? : on the importance of signals of labour market failure
Gustafsson, Björn; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2016
In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457395
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House price growth when children are teenagers : a path to higher earnings?
Cooper, Daniel; Luengo-Prado, Maria José - 2014 - This version: December 23, 2014
The United States has a long history of promoting homeownership through the mortgage interest tax deduction, and home equity constitutes an important source of borrowing collateral. There is a sizable body of work studying how fluctuating house prices impact consumer behavior. Since college...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475603
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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants : comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418137
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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants : comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410418
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It Takes a Village : The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects
Agostinelli, Francesco - 2020
As children reach adolescence, peer interactions become increasingly central to their development, whereas the direct influence of parents wanes. Nevertheless, parents may continue to exert leverage by shaping their children's peer groups. We study interactions of parenting style and peer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835887