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Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men

Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education and earnings, the evidence on the effects of birth order on IQ is decidedly mixed. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth...

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Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment

Booth, Alison L; Kee, Hiau Joo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We use unique retrospective family background data from the 2003 wave of the British Household Panel Survey to explore the degree to which family size and birth order affect a child’s subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a trade off between child quantity and ‘quality’....

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Birth Order and Sibship Sex Composition as Instruments in the Study of Education and Earnings

Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Picard, Natalie; Prieto, Ana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper presents an empirical study of birth-order and sibship sex-composition effects on educational achievement, and uses these variables as instruments to estimate returns to education, with the help of a rich set of individual data. Our sample includes more than 12,000 men and 10,000...

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Are Boys and Girls Affected Differently When the Household Head Leaves for Good? Evidence from School and Work Choices in Colombia

Fitzsimons, Emla; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

paid work, whereas for girls we find evidence of the adverse event having a beneficial impact on schooling. To explain …

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Does trade policy influence schooling and child labor decisions in low income countries? We examine this question in … schooling and decline in child labor. These trends were attenuated in communities where employment was concentrated in … industries loosing tariff protection. The data suggest that this failure to follow the national trend of increasing schooling and …

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Life Expectancy, Schooling, and Lifetime Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence Revisited

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and … optimal schooling. The observed increase in survival rates during working ages that follows from the ``rectangularization'' of … the survival function is crucial for schooling and labor supply. The empirical results suggest that the relative benefits …

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How children’s schooling and work is affected when their father leaves permanently: Evidence from Colombia

Fitzsimons, Emla; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper investigates how the permanent departure of the father from the household affects children’s school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. Our results show that departure of the father decreases children’s school enrolment by around 4 percentage points, and increases...

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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind

Booth, Alison L; Tamura, Yuji - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father’s temporary absence affects children left behind in terms of their school attendance, household expenditures on education, and nonhousework labor supply in the 1990s. The estimating subsample is...

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Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces: Lessons from History

Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

primary schooling and literacy revolution in Europe. Under what conditions would we expect the same responses to globalization … in today's world? This paper argues that modern debates about inequality and schooling responses to globalization should …

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Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labour market policies on individual labour market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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