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secondary education to selective academic programs that open doors to skilled, well-paid professions. This gives parents a … strong incentive to invest substantial resources in improving their children's' achievement on these tests, thus reinforcing … students in Hebrew-language schools from eighth grade to age 29, we provide evidence that despite Israeli schools being …
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fathers and mothers and their children by drawing on a unique dataset of 1,999 members of Bangladeshi families, including 911 … children, aged 6-17 years, and 544 pairs of mothers and fathers. We find a large degree of intergenerational persistence as the … economic preferences of mothers and fathers are significantly positively related to their children’s economic preferences …
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-Saharan Africa). This suggests a dominant role for the parents in determining educational opportunities of children. Evidence on the …
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attainment, the relaxation of budget constraints, and increased social contact for children whose parents are less advantaged in …
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outcomes, primarily driven by children of parents from select Asian countries. These individuals are more likely to complete …, health, natural and physical sciences, and engineering. Children of NESB immigrant parents initially earn less than their …-school outcomes of Australian-born children of immigrant parents. …
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) positively correlated with their children's economic preferences, even when controlling for personality traits and socio …
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This paper studies whether individuals that experienced parental unemployment during their childhood/early adolescence have poorer health once they reach the adulthood. We used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 until 2018. Our identification strategy of the causal effect of...
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traditional income data. We find that intergenerational SWB mobility-as measured by subjective wealth and life satisfaction …
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This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
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expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are …
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