What are the effects of school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic on children's education? Online education is an … imperfect substitute for in-person learning, particularly for children from low-income families. Peer effects also change …: schools allow children from different socio-economic backgrounds to mix together, and this effect is lost when schools are …

As children reach adolescence, peer interactions become increasingly central to their development, whereas the direct … influence of parents wanes. Nevertheless, parents may continue to exert leverage by shaping their children's peer groups. We … study interactions of parenting style and peer effects in a model where children's skill accumulation depends on both …

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 …

- significant differences in the educational and labor market outcomes across children of varying birth orders. Taking advantage of … a rich set of information on in utero and early childhood conditions in the Children of the NLSY79, we find that, within …

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 …

how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and …

(IU) on fertility among reproductive-age women. We find that IU reduces the number of children born, with more pronounced … participation affects the number of children born through decreased marital satisfaction, changed attitudes toward traditional …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … dem zum Teil entgegen. Insgesamt befindet sich Deutschland in einer durchaus widersprüchlichen Übergangssituation. …