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The effect of children on female labor force participation in urban Iran
Azimi, Ebrahim - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 5, pp. 1-11
exploit sex composition of children as an exogenous source of variation in family size to account for endogeneity of fertility … with one and more, two and more, and three and more children, I find no significant effect of fertility on female labor …
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Born this way : the effect of an unexpected child benefit at birth on longer-term educational outcomes
Sánchez-Coll, Sergi - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 105-141
Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to …
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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico
McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
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Children having children : early motherhood and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, M.; Favara, Marta - In: Journal of population economics : international … 36 (2023) 3, pp. 1573-1606
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2014
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that...
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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities
Del Boca, Daniela - 2015
The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children can significantly increase cognitive outcomes in the short and long term and contribute to success later in life. One of the most important of these inputs is maternal time....
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Maternal health and the baby boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 225-269
Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
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The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement
Hull, Marie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 10, pp. 1-20
In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use. Specifically, I take a model of academic achievement commonly used in the test score literature, and I augment...
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