The consequences of early motherhood for the offspring are severely understudied, especially in low- and middle-income … phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …

It has been shown that a person's relative income - compared to a reference group - has a negative impact on self … relative income is low. In this paper we study this hypothesis by estimating the effect of relative income on job mobility … characteristics. Our findings suggest that workers compare their own income to that of their neighbors, and low relative income is …

foreign origin students, surprisingly little is known about the effect of having a foreign origin teacher on students … skills of students in German secondary school, holding constant both observed and unobserved factors related to academic … first to show that foreign origin teachers significantly increase the reading comprehension of students. Most notable is the …

Are there differentials in children's competence levels by their self-regulation and do they imply differences in …-regulation is generally not related to competence development over the first two years of primary school. Children with low initial …