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How do parents raise the educational attainment of future generations?
Plug, Erik J. S. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268921
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Intergenerational progress of Mexican-origin workers in the U.S. labor market
Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican … increased returns to human capital for Mexican-origin workers who were born and educated in the United States. Even if we … fluency that occur between the second and third generations do not appear to raise the earnings of Mexican Americans any …
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Parental separation and children's educational attainment : a siblings approach
Björklund, Anders - 2002
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The effect of parents' employment on childen's educational attainment
Ermisch, John - 2000
This paper presents the conditions under which a causal interpretation can be given to the association between childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in own consumption and children's wellbeing, estimation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268746
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What are migration networks?
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin …
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Mothers, fathers and children after divorce : the role of institutions
Del Boca, Daniela - 2002
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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Björklund, Anders (contributor) - 2000
The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful omnibus measureʺ of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001483298
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Schooling, family background, and adoption: is it nature or is it nurture?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we...
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Schooling, family background, and adoption: does family income matter?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of children. However, evidence on this relationship is often tainted by the lack of control for parental ability, since at least a portion of ability is transferred genetically to children. This paper...
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Intergenerational social mobility and assortative mating in Britain
Ermisch, John; Francesconi, Marco - 2002
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