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The impact of parents migration on the well-being of children left behind : initial evidence from Romania
Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2014
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these … paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration on their children left home in Romania, a country where increasingly … "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360290
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On the power of childhood impressions for skill formation : initial evidence and unsettled questions
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2013
Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715728
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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013
achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715729
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Self-productivity and complementarities in human development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008
well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760038