This paper investigates the relationship between family background and earnings using
relative social mobility to decompose residual background correlations, namely the effect of …

This paper examines how education and family background affect the fertility plans of young
individuals in Mexico. Quantile regression for count data is used for the analysis. Results …

Policy Analysis for Social Workers offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to
understanding the process of policy development and analysis for effective advocacy. This …

This study examines private returns to schooling in Ghana over a seven-year period, and the
implications for school investments and migration. Using data from the 1992 and 1999 …

This paper develops a theoretical model of optimal schooling levels where ability and family
background are the central explanatory variables. We derive schooling demand and supply …

This paper investigates the relationship between parents' education and children's wage
using two nationally representative data sets in China. Controlling for other things, both …

This study explores the factors that affect earnings and estimates returns to education
(RTEdu) for the workforce of educational institutions in Lahore (Pakistan). Primary data were …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), continuous-time duration
models are applied to examine whether paternal unemployment delays sons' school-to-work …

This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational inequality and
differences in pay policies among firms. We examine whether the effects of parental …

The accumulation of human capital is considered the main channel through which parents'
background influences their children's earnings. The possibility that parents affect their …