, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …

parents' siblings and cousins, their spouses, and the spouses' siblings. Using various human capital measures, we show that … extended family relative to the parents increases. …

We study the consequences of mothers' and fathers' job loss for parents, families, and children. Rich Swedish register …, educational and early adult outcomes are not adversely affected by parental job loss. Parents and families are however negatively … affected in terms of parental health, labor market outcomes and separations. Limited effects on family disposable income …

students. We study the impact of these two trends on the composition of school groups by observed ability and the importance of …

variables in empirical analyses of the determinants of income and welfare levels and growth rates. A final section investigates …

consumption, government social expenditures, and the progressivity of the income tax system have negative effects on student …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …