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11690 Apsara Karki Nepal
Martin Halla
Steven Stillman
Violent Conflict and the Child Quantity-Quality Tradeoff
We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent negative consequences for the quality of the current and previous cohort of children. ...
(published online in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 18 December 2023)
D74, H56, J13, O10, O12
11689 Isabella Giorgetti
Matteo Picchio
One Billion Euro Program for Early Childcare Services in Italy
In 2007 the Italian central government started a program by transferring funds to regional governments to develop both private and public early childcare services. Exploiting the different timing of ...
(published in: Metroeconomica, 2021, 72 (3), 469-492)
C23, H52, H70, J13, R10
11688 Thomas Cornelissen
Christian Dustmann
Anna Raute
Uta Schönberg
Who Benefits from Universal Child Care? Estimating Marginal Returns to Early Child Care Attendance
In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany by exploiting the exogenous variation in attendance caused by a reform that led ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126 (6), 2356–2409)
J13, J15, I28
11687 Malte Sandner
Stephan L. Thomsen
The Effects of Universal Public Childcare Provision on Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse
We investigate the impact of childcare provision on cases of child abuse and neglect in Germany between 2002 and 2014. For identification, we exploit a governmental reform introducing mandatory early ...
(revised version published online as 'Preventing Child Maltreatment: Beneficial Side Effects of Public Childcare' (joint with Libertad Gonzalez) in: Economic Journal, 19 July 2024)
J13, J12, I38
11686 Pinar Mine Gunes
Beyza Ural Marchand
Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey
This paper examines the effects of macroeconomic shocks on child schooling in Turkey using household labor force surveys from 2005-2013. We use variation in local labor demand as an instrumental ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101809.)
J13, J24, O15
11685 Kelvin Seah
Do You Speak My Language? The Effect of Sharing a Teacher's Native Language on Student Achievement
A large body of research has found that, by being better able to serve as cultural translators and role models, demographically-similar teachers can increase students' achievement. These studies have ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 88(1), 245-273)
I21, J15
11684 Simen Markussen
Knut Røed
The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes
Based on Norwegian administrative registers we provide new empirical evidence on the effects of the childhood neighborhood's socioeconomic status on educational and labor market performance. A ...
(revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651)
C21, I24, R23, Z13
11683 Annika B. Bergbauer
Eric A. Hanushek
Ludger Woessmann
Testing
School systems regularly use student assessments for accountability purposes. But, as highlighted by our conceptual model, different configurations of assessment usage generate performance-conducive ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (2), 349-388)
I28, H52, L15, D82, P51
11682 Rocco d'Este
Elias Einiö
Asian Segregation and Scholastic Achievement: Evidence from Primary Schools in New York City
This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on students' academic performance in New York City primary schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts and ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021,83, 102129.)
I20, I29, J15
11680 Francesc Ortega
Amy Hsin
Occupational Barriers and the Labor Market Penalty from Lack of Legal Status
Wage gaps between documented (including natives) and undocumented workers may reflect employer exploitation, endogenous occupational sorting and productivity losses associated with lack of legal ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102181)
J15, J24, J31
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