Should Early Health Investments Work? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complex Early-Childhood Intervention [0.03%]
早期健康投资应该起作用吗？一项针对复杂儿童早期干预的随机对照试验的证据
Deirdre Coy,Orla Doyle
Deirdre Coy
Evidence on the impact of early intervention on childhood health is inconsistent. Using a randomized controlled trial, we examine the impact of an Irish early intervention program on the development of health capital in the first five years...
Education and Adult Cognition in a Low-Income Setting: Differences among Adult Siblings [0.03%]
教育与成人认知在低收入环境中的影响——以成年人兄弟姐妹之间的差异为例
Yuan S Zhang,Elizabeth Frankenberg,Duncan Thomas
Yuan S Zhang
The relationship between completed education and adult cognition is investigated using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey. We compare adult siblings to account for shared, difficult-to-measure characteristics that likely affect this...
The Dynastic Benefits of Early-Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers [0.03%]
早期教育的世代效应：参与者的收益和家庭的溢出效应
Frederik H Bennhoff,Jorge Luis García,Duncan Ermini Leaf
Frederik H Bennhoff
We demonstrate the social efficiency of investing in high-quality early childhood education using newly collected data from the HighScope Perry Preschool Project. The data analyzed are the longest follow-up of any randomized early childhood...
Péter Hudomiet,Michael D Hurd,Susann Rohwedder
Péter Hudomiet
Gains in life expectancy have recently slowed and mortality inequalities have increased. This paper examines whether trends in health observed at ages 55 to 89 mirror those trends in mortality, which may serve as an early indicator for the ...
Mikko Packalen,Jay Bhattacharya
Mikko Packalen
The aging of the scientific workforce and graying of grant recipients are central policy concerns in biomedicine. These trends are potentially important because older scientists are often seen as less open to new ideas than younger scientis...
Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families [0.03%]
基于 interracial families 的证据探究教育和劳工市场的种族分歧
Peter Arcidiacono,Andrew Beauchamp,Marie Hull et al.
Peter Arcidiacono et al.
We examine gaps between minorities and whites in education and labor market outcomes, controlling for many covariates including maternal race. Identification comes from different reported races within the family. Estimates show two distinct...
James J Heckman,John Eric Humphries,Gregory Veramendi
James J Heckman
This paper analyzes the non-market benefits of education and ability. Using a dynamic model of educational choice we estimate returns to education that account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We investigate a range of non-market ou...
Henry Saffer,Dhaval Dave,Michael Grossman et al.
Henry Saffer et al.
This study examines racial, ethnic and gender (REG) differentials in physical activity (PA), a significant input into health production and human capital investments. Prior studies have relied on leisure-time activity, which comprises less ...
Dementia Risk and Financial Decision Making by Older Households: The Impact of Information [0.03%]
信息对老年家庭的痴呆风险和财务决策的影响
Joanne W Hsu,Robert Willis
Joanne W Hsu
The knowledge and reasoning ability needed to manage one's finances is a form of human capital. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias cause progressive declines in cognition that lead to a complete loss of functional capacities. In this p...
James Poterba,Steven Venti,David A Wise
James Poterba
We explore the relationship between education and the evolution of wealth after retirement. Asset growth following retirement depends in part on health capital and financial capital accumulated prior to retirement, which in turn are strongl...