difference in favour of father’s education over mother’s education. …

differences in parents' involvement in education. We find that a non-negligible part of the test score racial gap can be explained … by these cultural differences. In particular, we show that if non-white parents would invest in education of their 11 …

can speak the same language. The value of trade increases in each participant's level of education. We compare a bilingual … education system, under which the individuals who take education become bilingual, with a unilingual system, under which the … optimal when education levels are centralized. In the decentralized equilibrium, individuals (i) vote over education systems …

officials' handling of a large education grant program. Combining survey and administrative data, we show that the campaign was …

Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is found to be a very powerful predictor of their children’s educational attainments … men moderately, but the effects on young women’s education are small. Part, if not all, of this negative effect of living …

that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the …. Uncertain returns to education, endogenous mortality or imperfect capital markets unambiguously increase child labour. When the …

We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioural problems … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional … may transmit the effect of maternal education to the child, including family environment and parental investments at …

analyse the effect of an individual’s education level on the timing of first marriage. Controlling for other institutional … factors, cohort effect and social/ family background we find that the higher an individual’s education level, the older they … are when they first marry. We find that the effect of education is much stronger for females than for males. …