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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157

From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2005

as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest …

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Too young to leave the nest? The effects of school starting age

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2008

market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268720

Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269789

Recent developments in intergenerational mobility

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J. - 2010

Economists and social scientists have long been interested in intergenerational mobility, and documenting the persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics, the literature has...

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Care or cash? The effect of child care subsidies on student performance

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; … - 2012

Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on...

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It's Not Just for Boys! Understanding Gender Differences in STEM

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2019

While education levels of women have increased dramatically relative to men, women are still greatly underrepresented …

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Gender and Educational Achievement: Stylized Facts and Causal Evidence

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021

There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and …

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Rank Effects in Education: What Do We Know So Far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...

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