Do dreams come true? Aspirations and educational attainments of Ethiopian boys and girls
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DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejx018
Abstract: We use unique individual-level panel data from Ethiopia to investigate the role of aspirations for human-capital investments. More specifically, we investigate how parental and children's aspirations form and document the relation between early aspirations and… read more here.
Keywords: aspirations educational; true aspirations; boys girls; educational attainments ... See more keywords
Heterogeneous neighbourhood effects on the educational attainments of native Norwegian and immigrant-descendant female and male young adults
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980241232800
Abstract: Using longitudinal register data from Oslo, Norway, this article examines how cumulative childhood exposure to family and neighbourhood contexts influences the educational attainments of young adults, paying special attention to how these determinants vary by… read more here.
Keywords: immigrant; immigrant status; educational attainments; young adults ... See more keywords