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Does quality time produce quality children? : evidence on the intergenerational transmission of human capital using parental deaths
Gould, Eric D.; Simhon, Avi - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008909488
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The effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling : a nonparametric bounds analysis
Haan, Monique de - 2008
This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a … of increasing parents' schooling from a high school degree to a bachelor's degree. Both for the effect of mother …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376535
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The effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling : a nonparametric bounds analysis
Haan, Monique de - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739089
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The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling - A Comparison of Estimation Methods
Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2021
We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316139
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The impact of family background on educational attainment in Dutch birth cohorts 1966-1995
Atav, Tilbe; Rietveld, Cornelius A.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2023
,417,460 individuals from 1,341,403 families born in the Netherlands between 1966 and 1995. Comparisons between parents and their children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014380703
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Getting parents involved : a field experiment in deprived schools
Avvisati, Francesco; Gurgand, Marc; Guyon, Nina; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008667441
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Why Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children : Impacts on Parental Educational Choices
Felfe, Christina - 2016
Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982264
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Earnings risk and demand for higher education
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2002
We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and to estimate individual response to earnings risk in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327826
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Is earnings uncertainty relevant for educational choice? : an empirical analysis for China
Hartog, Joop; Ding, Xiaohao; Liao, Juan - 2011 - This draft April 28 2011
We use the method of Dominitz and Manski (1996) to solicit anticipated wagedistributions for continuing to a Master degree or going to work after completing theBachelor degree. The means of the distributions have an effect on intention to continue aspredicted by theory. The dispersions in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386457
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Is earnings uncertainty relevant for educational choice? : an experimental analysis for China
Hartog, Joop; Ding, Xiaohao; Liao, Juan - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126687