show that, as with individual characteristics, parents' education level has a significant effect on the graduates' risk of … benefits are considered. These graduates are thought to be disadvantaged because their parents' socioeconomic background is …

capital are associated with earnings mobility. The results indicate that, while individuals with higher cognitive skills … experience greater earnings stability and upward mobility in both countries, there is only an incremental effect of skills on … for earnings mobility; in both countries, advanced skills at work are associated with greater short-term mobility, even …

This article investigates the extent to which personality traits and cognitive skills can be seen as potential …-age population with well-established measures of cognitive skills and personality traits, I find that accounting for personality and … cognitive skills does not change the size and the statistical significance of overeducation wage penalty estimates. My results …

yearly changes in employment status, occupation, and wages. The results show that overeducated workers are more likely to …

top of the education and income distribution (upward mobility) has increased. On the other hand, for children whose … to insure against intergenerational income falling, generating a correlation between parents' and children's income. We … parents graduated from college, downward educational and income mobility has decreased. High parental income enables parents …

To promote SDG Goal 4 and "education for all", this study investigates children’s basic reading skills in 11 low-income … (MICS). Research specifically examining children’s reading skills and disparities across socioeconomic groups in African … the 11 African countries studied. Substantial reading skills differences exist between children from disadvantaged …

Having a child can have a heavy toll on parents' earnings, especially in the first years after childbirth, with mothers … parental leave benefits compared to the EU and norms encouraging mothers to care for children. I carry out an event study to … estimate the effect of having a child on the earnings of both genders and find that the earnings of females reduce by half in …

, rural-urban disparities, family background, and disability status, on children's reading skills acquisition. Our study … between disabled and non-disabled children across various social categories and countries. These reading skills disparities …To achieve the overarching goal of "education for all," there is a growing interest in understanding school learning …

skills after childbirth for both parents between 0.13 (short-run) and 0.16 standard deviations (long-run), but no …Child penalties in labour market outcomes are well-documented: after childbirth, mothers' employment and earnings drop … persistently compared to fathers. In addition to gender norms, a potential driver could be the loss in labour market skills due to …

wages to teacher skills and introducing minimum competency requirements for teaching is predicted to increase student test … the self-selection of individuals into teaching and across school sectors, and on teacher wages in private schools. I use … the pool of teachers, amplified by equilibrium effects on teacher wages in private schools. The equilibrium effects are …