Essays about: "intergenerational transmission"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words intergenerational transmission.

  1. 1. The Role of Language of Instruction: The Case of Morocco

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Emma Hamre; Yuki Kanayama; [2023]
    Keywords : Language of Instruction; Mother Tongue; Educational Attainment; Gender Gap; Intergenerational Transmission;

    Abstract : This paper explores the differential and intergenerational effects of Morocco's 1983 language policy that changed the language of instruction for most subjects in grades 6 to 12 from French to Classical Arabic. Although the policy has faced ongoing criticism over four decades, the plausible heterogeneous effects of the policy on marginalized groups and its intergenerational impact have yet to be investigated in the literature. READ MORE

  3. 2. Intergenerational Educational Mobility among Immigrants and Natives in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anastasia Demidova; [2023]
    Keywords : Intergenerational Mobility; Migration; Education; Human Capital; Germany; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and natives in Germany. Three regression models are estimated to investigate potential differences in the transmission of human capital from parents to their children between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does Addiction Skip a Generation? Patterns of Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Abuse

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Olly Kravchenko; [2023]
    Keywords : public health; psychopathology; addiction; substance abuse; intergenerational transmission;

    Abstract : Introduction  Intergenerational transmission of substance abuse (SA) is established in epidemiological literature. However, the exact patterns are not well understood. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Hard Pill to Swallow? Subsidized Contraceptives and Women's Intergenerational Mobility in a Difference-in-Differences Framework

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Matilda Fors; Lisa-Maria Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : intergenerational mobility; income persistence; contraceptives; fertility; natural experiment;

    Abstract : The theory and methods of intergenerational mobility attempt to explain the transmission of socioeconomic status between family members of different generations. In this thesis, we study the causal effect of access to contraceptives on the intergenerational mobility of women. READ MORE

  6. 5. Intergenerational Transmission of Health and Life span : An Exploration of an Association Between Parental Age-at-Death and Disease Outcomes in Offspring

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Anna Thalén; [2022]
    Keywords : Life span; intergenerational health; parental age-at-death; disease risk; longevity; hospitalization;

    Abstract : Parental and offspring life spans are modestly associated and a transmission of disease risk from parents to offspring has been proposed as a possible explanation. Using birth cohort data consisting of 86 168 offspring and their parents, the aim of this explorative study was to quantify and describe the association between parental age-at-death and risk of disease in offspring over a 33-year follow-up period. READ MORE