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Short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health : an analysis using siblings and twins
Oreopoulos, Philip; Stabile, Mark; Walld, Randy; Roos, … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 43 (2008) 1, pp. 88-138
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003671102
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Short, medium, and long term consequences of poor infant health : an analysis using siblings and twins
Oreopoulos, Philip; Stabile, Mark; Walld, Randy; Roos, … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292305
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Short, Medium, and Long Term Consequences of Poor Infant Health : An Analysis using Siblings and Twins
Oreopoulos, Phil - 2006
, second we use a variety of measures of infant health, and finally we track children through their schooling years and into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466673
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Performance of young adults : the importance of different skills (Families, children and human capital formation)
Falch, Torberg; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 435-462
This article uses teacher assessments at age 16 in Norwegian comprehensive schools to estimate the relationship between different types of skills and performance of young adults. While we follow the literature and consider grades in Mathematics and Science as proxy for cognitive skills, we use a...
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The determinants of repetition rates in Europe : early skills or subsequent parents' help?
Agasisti, Tommaso; Cordero, Jose M. - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 39 (2017) 1, pp. 129-146
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The effect of birth weight on hospitalizations and sickness absences : a longitudinal study of Swedish siblings
Helgertz, Jonas; Nilsson, Anton - In: Journal of population economics 32 (2019) 1, pp. 153-178
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Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania
Field, Erica Marie; Robles, Omar; Torero, Máximo - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 1 (2009) 4, pp. 140-169
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Family background and educational attainment : are there birth order effects in Germany?
Eschelbach, Martina - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 235 (2015) 1, pp. 41-60
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Sibling configurations, educational aspiration and attainment
Bu, Feifei - 2014
Previous studies have found that firstborn children enjoy a distinct advantage over their later- born counterparts in … household-based data which include information on multiple children living in the same families. The paper finds that firstborn … children have higher aspirations, and that these aspirations play a significant role in determining later levels of attainment …
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Birth spacing and educational outcomes
Hill, Elaine L.; Slusky, David - 2016
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