Essays about: "Parental Investment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Parental Investment.

1. 1. Parents’ School Choice at the Primary Education Level in Azerbaijan : A Comparative Study Between Azerbaijani-Speaking and Russian-Speaking Parents

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Narmin Abdurahmanova; [2023]
   Keywords : Parent; school choice; primary education; Azerbaijan;

   Abstract : School Choice has been introduced into several national education programs during the past three decades in Azerbaijan. Parents are invited to select from various schools to locate the one that “suits them the best”. READ MORE

3. 2. Suffering From Attention

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustav Lundström; [2022]
   Keywords : Sibling sex composition; parental investment; schooling; mental and physical health; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : I examine a favourite child's effect on educational attainment and mental and physical health and well-being. In the favourite child effect, based on parental preferences in the sex composition of children using a proxy for parental investment, I can assess how parents distinguish inputs based on the sex of their children. READ MORE

4. 3. CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES ON BILINGUALISM : A qualitative study on how Somali children talk about being bilingual in a Swedish context

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

   Author : Hinda Mohammud (Mohamud) Hussen (Hussein); [2020]
   Keywords : children’s perspectives; bilingualism; heritage language maintenance; identity; Somali-Swedish bilinguals;

   Abstract : This is a qualitative study on bilingualism from Somali children’s perspectives. It aims to examine how Somali-Swedish bilinguals understand their bilingual experiences in a Swedish context. READ MORE

5. 4. Belgen and the Parental Purse: The Impact of the Karamoja Famine on Intra-Household Resource Allocations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Matthew Latham; [2020]
   Keywords : Human Capital; Differential Investment; Famine; Health; Uganda; Factor Analysis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. READ MORE

6. 5. Special Needs Children and Sibling Spillover Effects: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oskar Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : Siblings; Peer effects; Parental Investment; NLSY; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the spillover effects of siblings growing up with a brother or sister diagnosed with a chronic disease. I focus on the effect of having a sibling diagnosed with low birth weight on outcomes measuring educational attainment and achievement. READ MORE