parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …

evidence for dynamic complementarity for medium- and low-ability children. Children who start behind only slowly catch up. Able … children are an exception. Most children master its goals for skill development, but the pace of learning varies greatly among … children classified by ability. The program scales well. Costs per pupil are roughly $500 (2015 USD). At the same ages …

This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …

This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …

We use cross-national data on 26 EU countries to assess how much children and the responsibilities related to them …

-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common …

: ‘internalising’ and ‘externalising’, related to the ability of children to focus their concentration and to engage in interpersonal … for children born to mothers with higher socio-economic status (education and employment), and to mothers who smoked … other hand, we find a decline in the skills gradient for children without a father figure in the household. Lastly, we …