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government physicians – can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … educated parents. In total, health conditions explain 18% of the gap in cognitive ability and 65% of that in language ability … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children …
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well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …
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This paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among socially advantaged (e.g. white, two-parent, or non-poor school district) and disadvantaged families (e.g. black, single-mother, or poor school district) in elementary and middle school. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age...
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well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …
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government physicians - can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … educated parents. In total, health conditions explain 18% of the gap in cognitive ability and 65% of that in language ability … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children …
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This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
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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 …
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The time children spend with their parents affects their development. Parenting programs can help parents use that time … children on higher order skills. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the parents of lower achieving students … effective if delivered during times when parents are particularly in need of support, such as after work, or, alternatively when …
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parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child … migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the … effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses …
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