wives of men in these groups in the period from 1978 through 1999. Parents' schooling, especially mother's schooling, does …

In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

almost 60 years, for both the affected cohorts and for their children. To do this, we exploit a natural experiment provided … faced by immigrant children were not correlated with other factors that affected the long-term outcomes of individuals. We … locality of residence was a Yemenite enclave. We find that children who were placed in a better environment (i.e. with better …

children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years …

ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …

schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during … high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who attended schools with these kibbutz students. In the short run, peers … of kibbutz students improved their high school outcomes and shifted to courses with higher financial returns. In the …

adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest … that there is little association between maternal age at birth and children's disabilities. But the children of teen …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …