To Grandmother's House We Go: Informal Childcare and Female Labor Mobility
ABSTRACT We document how childcare costs and the location of extended family influence the labor supply and mobility of US women. Women return to their home locations immediately before fertility events, suggesting that informal childcare needs may motivate home migration. Women who live near their parents have lower child earnings penalties.
Garrett Anstreicher, Joanna Venator
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The impact of parental socioeconomic characteristics and engagement on children's early academic abilities: the role of racial and economic disparities. [PDF]
Bolar C +6 more
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Do Parents Propagate Inequality Among Children? Evidence From Chinese and Swedish Twins
ABSTRACT Economists have long studied how parental behavior shapes within‐family inequality, yet empirical findings remain mixed. Using twins data from China and Sweden, we examine the predominant mechanisms reported in the literature. Parents in both countries invest similarly during childhood.
Aiday Sikhova +2 more
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Executive functions and classroom quality in kindergarten predict peer acceptance in first grade. [PDF]
Shatskaya A, Drid P, Veraksa A.
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ABSTRACT Previous research has established the relationships between motivation, anxiety, teachers’ support, and self‐regulated learning (SRL) in English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) learning. Most of the studies, however, have taken a variable‐centered approach in addressing the variable correlations, while learners’ characteristics and variable links ...
Yuhong Jiao, Barry Bai, Jing Li
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Kindergarten Screening for Early (Grade 1) and Late-Emerging (Grade 4) Dyslexia Risk.
Yinon R +5 more
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Comparing Children With and Without Learning Disabilities on Their Home Literacy Environment and Its Association With Pre-Reading Skills. [PDF]
Johnson RM, Hart SA, Wagner RK.
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ABSTRACT Although the use of AI technologies (e.g., chatbots and automated writing evaluations (AWE)) has gained considerable attention in language learning fields in recent years, how AI technologies have been designed and implemented in language learning education, as well as their effectiveness, is understudied.
Shen Qiao +2 more
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Odds of Developing Overweight or Obesity Increase with Height Decile in Tall Healthy Weight Kindergarteners: Longitudinal Results from the West Virginia Coronary Artery Risk Detection In Appalachian Communities (WV CARDIAC) Project. [PDF]
Serrat MA +3 more
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