Data from the National Child Development study (NCDS) were used to examine predictors of attainment among adoptees, nonadopted children from similar birth circumstances, and other members of this national birth cohort. Adoptees performed more positively than nonadopted children from similar birth circumstances on childhood tests of reading, mathematics, and general ability, and retained this advantage in school-leaving and later adult qualifications. In addition to family SES and material circumstances, measures of the educational environment of the home and of parental interest in education emerged as central predictors of these variations. Further analyses suggested possible differences in the mode of operation of these variables between ...
Children with immigrant parents tend to start school with fewer of the reading and math skills neces...
This paper examines the association between general cognitive ability directly measured in mid child...
I analyze a new set of data on Korean-American adoptees who were quasi-randomly assigned to adoptive...
This study explains the differences between the outcomes for children adopted by the age of two in c...
Adoption studies are able to provide important insights into the impact of changed rearing environme...
Abstract: There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperfor...
Academic achievement in adopted persons is still an emerging area of investigation. Research in the ...
Using data from a national multiethnic, longitudinal study of children, this study examined the proc...
International audienceThis paper examines the causal effect of parental schooling on children’s scho...
To improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the strong association between family back...
Genetic studies show that children's reading achievement is in part genetically influenced, and inte...
This paper examines the causal effect of parental schooling on children’s schooling using a large sa...
Adoptive parents are often well-educated, and potentially highly involved in children\u27s schooling...
Educational attainment is a commonly used variable when looking at outcomes of immigration in the Un...
The relationship between severe early institutional deprivation and scholastic attainment at age 11 ...
Children with immigrant parents tend to start school with fewer of the reading and math skills neces...
This paper examines the association between general cognitive ability directly measured in mid child...
I analyze a new set of data on Korean-American adoptees who were quasi-randomly assigned to adoptive...
This study explains the differences between the outcomes for children adopted by the age of two in c...
Adoption studies are able to provide important insights into the impact of changed rearing environme...
Abstract: There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperfor...
Academic achievement in adopted persons is still an emerging area of investigation. Research in the ...
Using data from a national multiethnic, longitudinal study of children, this study examined the proc...
International audienceThis paper examines the causal effect of parental schooling on children’s scho...
To improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the strong association between family back...
Genetic studies show that children's reading achievement is in part genetically influenced, and inte...
This paper examines the causal effect of parental schooling on children’s schooling using a large sa...
Adoptive parents are often well-educated, and potentially highly involved in children\u27s schooling...
Educational attainment is a commonly used variable when looking at outcomes of immigration in the Un...
The relationship between severe early institutional deprivation and scholastic attainment at age 11 ...
Children with immigrant parents tend to start school with fewer of the reading and math skills neces...
This paper examines the association between general cognitive ability directly measured in mid child...
I analyze a new set of data on Korean-American adoptees who were quasi-randomly assigned to adoptive...