| By: |
Marco Francesconi;
Stephen P. Jenkins;
Thomas Siedler |
| Abstract: |
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed
by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated
with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations
between common unobserved determinants of family structure and educational
performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using
sibling-difference estimators or two types of quasi-experiments, the evidence
that family structure affects schooling outcomes is much less conclusive.
Although almost all the point estimates indicate that non-intactness has an
adverse effect on schooling outcomes, confidence intervals are large and span
zero. |
| Keywords: |
Childhood family structure, lone parenthood, educational success, sibling differences, instrumental variables, treatment effects |
| JEL: |
C23 D13 I21 J12 J13 |
| Date: |
2006 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp610&r=ltv |