Short-term Impacts of an Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Child Schooling: Experimental Evidence from Malawi [0.03%]
马尔awi无条件现金转移支付计划对儿童入学的短期影响：来自实地实验的证据
Kelly Kilburn,Sudhanshu Handa,Gustavo Angeles et al.
Kelly Kilburn et al.
This study analyzes the impact of a positive income shock on child schooling outcomes using experimental data from an unconditional cash transfer program in Malawi. Since households receive the cash and parents are responsible for making sp...
The Effect of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genetic Potential for Educational Attainment on Schooling Outcomes [0.03%]
关于越南战争时期征兵和遗传潜力对教育成果的影响研究
Lauren L Schmitz,Dalton Conley
Lauren L Schmitz
This study examines whether draft lottery estimates of the causal effects of Vietnam-era military service on schooling vary by an individual's genetic propensity toward educational attainment. To capture the complex genetic architecture tha...
Maria D Fitzpatrick,Damon Jones
Maria D Fitzpatrick
For policymakers aiming to alter the migratory patterns of skilled labor, one potential tool involves subsidizing higher education. We present new evidence on the effects of merit aid scholarship programs - programs that offer partial or fu...
Christina Felfe,Amy Hsin
Christina Felfe
How do maternal work conditions, such as psychological stress and physical hazards, affect children's development? Combining data from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Occupational Information N...
One Year of Preschool or Two - Is It Important for Adult Outcomes? Results from the Chicago Longitudinal Study of the Child-Parent Centers [0.03%]
幼儿上一年还是两年的学前教育足以影响其成人以后的发展吗？——芝加哥儿童亲子中心计划的长期追踪研究结果
Irma Arteaga,Sarah Humpage,Arthur J Reynolds et al.
Irma Arteaga et al.
Until the last year, public funding for preschool education had been growing rapidly over a decade with most state programs providing one year of preschool for four year olds. Fewer three year olds are enrolled in preschool. To investigate ...
Nicole Schneeweis,Martina Zweimüller
Nicole Schneeweis
Gender segregation in employment may be explained by women's reluctance to choose technical occupations. However, the foundations for career choices are laid much earlier. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in m...
Not just for poor kids: The impact of universal free school breakfast on meal participation and student outcomes [0.03%]
普惠免费营养早餐对改善学生健康和学习的效果：来自中国的证据
Jacob Leos-Urbel,Amy Ellen Schwartz,Meryle Weinstein et al.
Jacob Leos-Urbel et al.
This paper examines the impact of the implementation of a universal free school breakfast policy on meals program participation, attendance, and academic achievement. In 2003, New York City made school breakfast free for all students regard...
Does More Schooling Improve Health Outcomes and Health Related Behaviors? Evidence from U.K. Twins [0.03%]
教育能改善健康吗？英国双胞胎的证据支持这一观点
Vikesh Amin,Jere R Behrman,Tim D Spector
Vikesh Amin
Several recent studies using instrumental variables based on changes in compulsory schoolleaving age laws have estimated the causal effect of schooling on health outcomes and health-related behaviors in the U.K. Despite using the same ident...
Math skills and market and non-market outcomes: Evidence from an Amazonian society of forager-farmers [0.03%]
数学技能和市场及非市场结果：亚马孙采集-农耕社会的证据
Eduardo A Undurraga,Jere R Behrman,Elena L Grigorenko et al.
Eduardo A Undurraga et al.
Research in industrial nations suggests that formal math skills are associated with improvements in market and non-market outcomes. But do these associations also hold in a highly autarkic setting with a limited formal labor market? We exam...
Does weight affect children's test scores and teacher assessments differently? [0.03%]
体重会影响学生的考试成绩和教师对学生的评价吗？
Madeline Zavodny
Madeline Zavodny
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity increased dramatically in the United States during the past three decades. This increase has adverse public health implications, but its implication for children's academic outcomes is less...