parents to their children’s education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from … they are not, and that the shares are decreasing with birth order. Controlling for parental education, parental age at … birth and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education, that there is …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

returns to education in Urban Peru. Exploiting a rich pair of data sets (ENNIV 1997 and 2000) that include questions on type … of education (public vs. private) for each educational level (primary, secondary, technical tertiary and university … educational trajectories. The results indicate higher returns to education for those who attended private schools than those who …

supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education across countries. …

outcomes. While educated parents are more frequently engaged in education-oriented activities with their children, mentally …, they suggest that parental education and mental health affect children’s outcomes through different pathways. …

recent Review of Australian Higher Education (2008). Specifically, it seems to be the case that many students are able to …