This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western … European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size …. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain …

This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western … European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size …. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain …

negative correlation between disrupted family structure and children's educational outcome. Looking for alternative …We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old … children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, we find a …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high ….S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family influence on important child outcomes in Denmark is about as strong as it is … programs. Purposive sorting by levels of family advantage create neighborhood effects. Powerful forces not easily mitigated by …

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high ….S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family influence on important child outcomes in Denmark is about as strong as it is … programs. Purposive sorting by levels of family advantage create neighborhood effects. Powerful forces not easily mitigated by …

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high ….S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family influence on important child outcomes in Denmark is about as strong as it is … programs. Purposive sorting by levels of family advantage create neighborhood effects. Powerful forces not easily mitigated by …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …