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This paper analyzes the long-term consequences of children experiencing homelessness. Our primary goal is to assess the importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult employment. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of...
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effects of real (as opposed to relative) family income on education have practically vanished between the early 1980's and the … unobserved characteristics, a $300,000 differential in family income generated more than 2 years of education in the early 1980's …
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Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...
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education. We find robust evidence for school-entry age related misdiagnosis of ADHD in Germany. Within Germany and … attempt to facilitate and improve the production of education. …
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We model the joint distribution of (i) individual education trajectories, defined by the allocation of time (semesters …
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This chapter examines the scope for mutually beneficial intergenerational cooperation, and looks at various attempts to theoretically explain the emergence of norms and institutions that facilitate this cooperation. The contributions reviewed come from branches of economics as far apart as...
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fields of education, health, cash transfers, taxation and personal social services. In addition, the labour market and …
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marriage, are consistent with a model in which individuals with more schooling and more upwardly mobile occupations interact …
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and dissolution, fertility, female time allocation, education, wages, and wealth. Using a theoretical framework based on … within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
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This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of recent research on the role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States. Relationships reviewed include the effects of religion on investments in human capital, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation...
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