dc.contributor.author | Horowitz, Andrew W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Souza, Andre Portela | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-13T21:14:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-13T21:14:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15758 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper we compare the intra-household dispersion of children's education achievement in single female-parent households with two-parent households. We find significantly more dispersion across children in households' headed by females after controlling for household per-capita permanent income and other anticipated correlates. These results are robust and suggest that single-female parents are forced to alter the distribution as well as the level of household investment in children. Our empirical analysis is preceded by development of a theoretical model that suggests the correlation between the intra-household dispersion of academic achievement and single-parenthood may be general; i.e., not specific to Brazil. These results may have important policy implications for the interventions and incentives that target single parent households. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.subject | Human capital distributiuon | |
dc.subject | intra-household allocation | |
dc.subject | single-parent household | |
dc.subject | D60 | |
dc.subject | I20 | |
dc.subject | J22 | |
dc.subject.other | | |
dc.title | Inequality in Child Academic Achievement in Single Parent Households: Evidence from Brazil | |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.description.department | Economics | |