Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and socioemotional development, two key dimensions of human capital. However, children from …
In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First- generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …
In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most countries around the world have decided to temporarily close educational institutions. However, learning has not stopped but is now fully …
El profesor de filosofía más famoso del mundo, analiza el fracaso del sistema meritocrático y aborda la pregunta más importante de nuestra época:¿ qué ha sido del bien común? Las …
J Blanden, M Doepke, J Stuhler - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps …
MS Kearney, PB Levine, L Pardue - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022 - aeaweb.org
This paper documents a set of facts about the dramatic decline in birth rates in the United States between 2007 and 2020 and explores possible explanations. The overall reduction in …
The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …
A Kalil, S Mayer, R Shah - … of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
The COVID-19 crisis and its reverberations resulted in levels of economic distress unprecedented since the 1930s. But COVID was a seismic social shock even for families …
Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices that people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists …