Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the …

correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to …

In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

. Among students enrolled in the poorest third of schools, the effect is 7.3 percentage points. Smaller classes increase the … likelihood of earning a college degree by 1.6 percentage points and shift students towards high-earning fields such as STEM …

We analyze the effect of Colombia's ambitious "Free Housing" program on children's educational outcomes. The program … lotteries and linking applicants to their children. We find that public housing increases high school graduation by seven …. Their children also attend better schools and live in neighborhoods with less crime …

granddaughters? I study this question by comparing outcomes for former slaves and their children and grandchildren to outcomes for … free blacks (pre-1865), and their children and grandchildren. The outcome measures include literacy, whether a child … interpretations of father-son correlations in income and socioeconomic status. The data used are from the 1880 and 1920 1 percent …

For an economy with altruistic parents facing productivity shocks, the optimal estate taxation is progressive …: fortunate parents should face lower net returns on their inheritances. This progressivity reflects optimal mean reversion in …