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Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment : Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants [PDF]
, 2004 This study applies rich data from the 2000 Swiss census to investigate the patterns of intergenerational education transmission for natives and second generation immigrants. The level of secondary schooling attained by youth aged 17 is related to their
Bauer, Philipp C., Riphahn, Regina T.
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Does Parental Joblessness Matter for Children's Personality Traits?
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Economic insecurity in childhood may shape not only children's opportunities but also the traits that govern how they think, behave and engage with the world. Using 17 years of longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (n = 3792), this study examines whether sustained exposure to parental ...
Irma Mooi‐Reci, Matthew Curry
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Heterogenity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second [PDF]
, 2005 This study applies rich data from the 2000 Swiss census to investigate the patterns of intergenerational education transmission for natives and second generation immigrants.
Bauer, Philipp C., Riphahn, Regina T.
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Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reviews Mark Wooden's contributions over the last 40 years to Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, the HILDA Survey, and inter‐disciplinary research relating to work, family and well‐being. He has had an extraordinary academic career, including 23 years as Director of the HILDA survey.
Peter Dawkins
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An Econometric Analysis of Intergenerational Reliance on Social Assistance [PDF]
This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of participation in Québec's social assistance program. The analysis takes into account two sources of intergenerational transmission: one that is due to a causal link between parents' and children's
Beaulieu, Nicolas +3 more
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Mobility across multiple generations: The iterated regression fallacy [PDF]
, 2012 Conflicting views about the degree of long-run mobility across multiple generations persist because direct empirical evidence is scarce. Predictions are instead routinely derived by iteration of intergenerational measures, a procedure which implies high ...
Stuhler, Jan
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From Smoke to Stakes: Parental Smoking During Childhood as a Predictor of Adult Gambling Behaviour
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Australia has one of the highest rates of gambling among developed countries, with important consequences for public health and well‐being. Identifying the underlying drivers of gambling behaviour is therefore a key public policy issue, particularly in understanding how early‐life experiences shape later‐life risk‐taking behaviours.
Opoku Adabor
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IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak? [PDF]
For the purpose of understanding the underlying mechanisms behind intergenerational associations in income and education, recent studies have explored the intergenerational transmission of abilities. We use a large representative sample of Swedish men to
Björklund, Anders +2 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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Impatience among Preschool Children and their Mothers [PDF]
Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child's impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment.
Kosse, Fabian, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm
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