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Parents' economic support of young-adult children: Do socioeconomic circumstances matter?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Gorgens, Tue - 2012
This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family's socioeconomic circumstances. We address this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational co-residence and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282166
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Parents' Economic Support of Young-Adult Children: Do Socioeconomic Circumstances Matter?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Gorgens, Tue - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family's socioeconomic circumstances. We address this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational co-residence and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652101
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Fertility Effects of Child Benefits
Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiynck, Frederik - 2017
benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653485
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Female labor supply and parental leave benefits: the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269140
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Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070419
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Immigration background and the intergenerational correlation in education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - 2010
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational advantage over their English-speaking background (ESB)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271389
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Fathers and youth's delinquent behavior
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011
This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286881
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Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001
Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know little about their social integration and wellbeing. This study focuses on the educational attainment of German born children of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262497
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Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education
Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment significantly increases educational mobility.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271334
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Are young people's educational outcomes linked to their sense of control?
Barón, Juan D.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010
This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272037