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Author: Thompson, Derek
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First Children Are Smarter--but Why? The Atlantic, October 21, 2013. Also: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/first-children-are-smarter-but-why/280725/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Atlantic Media Keyword(s): Academic Development; Achievement; Birth Order; Family Size; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Those born earlier perform better in school--and according to a new study, it's because of the parents. Moms and dads simply go easy on their later-born kids, according to data analyzed by economists V. Joseph Hotz and Juan Pantano, and as a result, first-born children tend to receive both the best parenting and the best grades. [News media article based on Hotz, V. Joseph and Juan Pantano. "Strategic Parenting, Birth Order and School Performance." NBER Working Paper No. 19542, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2013 (Revised Jan 2015)] |
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Thompson, Derek. "First Children Are Smarter--but Why?" The Atlantic, October 21, 2013. |
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Stop Calling Marriage a 'Luxury Good' The Atlantic, October 30, 2013. Also: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/stop-calling-marriage-a-luxury-good/280996/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Atlantic Media Keyword(s): College Graduates; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Marriage; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. For college graduates, marriage is a promise you make late--and tend to keep. For non-college-graduates, it's a promise you make early--and tend to break. [News media article based on "Marriage and Divorce: Patterns by Gender, Race, and Educational Attainment," Bureau of Labor Statistics Report, October 2013] |
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Thompson, Derek. "Stop Calling Marriage a 'Luxury Good'." The Atlantic, October 30, 2013. |
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The Average 29-Year-Old The Atlantic, Business Section, April 20, 2016. Also: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/the-average-29-year-old/479139/ Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Atlantic Media Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Educational Attainment; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Forget media archetypes of older Millennials as college-educated singles living in cities. The typical 29-year-old is living with a partner in the suburbs--without a bachelor's degree. [News media article highlighting BLS Economic Report USDL-16-0700: "America's Young Adults at 29: Labor Market Activity, Education and Partner Status: Results from a Longitudinal Survey," April 8, 2016] |
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Thompson, Derek. "The Average 29-Year-Old." The Atlantic, Business Section, April 20, 2016. |