persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter …

of children from poorer families. …

, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic … these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are … this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school …

Do students benefit from compulsory schooling? Researchers using changes in compulsory schooling laws as instruments …

using scores from IQ tests taken outside of school, at the time of military enrolment, and measured when students are around …