attainment Alison L. Booth & Hiau Joo Kee Received: 13 January 2006 / Accepted: 9 November 2007 / Published online: 11 April 2008 # Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract Using the British Household Panel Survey‚ we investigate if family size and birth order affect children’s subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a tradeoff between child quantity and “quality” and that siblings are unlikely to receive equal shares of parental resources devoted to children’s education. We construct a new birth order
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Many Muslims throughout the world were affected by the attack against the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th‚ 2001. Although the United States and other countries of the West were obviously affected nationally‚ how did these 9/11 attacks affect Muslims individually‚ especially those living in the United States and other countries in the West? The United States has been called many things‚ such as the "Melting Pot"‚ the "Land of Opportunity"‚ and the "Golden Mountain". The United
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A child’s development is influenced culturally by the social institutions‚ customs and laws that make up a society. Society is a group of people‚ large or small‚ living together by adopting customs and organization for mutual benefit and interactive coexistence (New Zealand Tertiary College [NZTC]‚ 2014). When we hear the term ‘social’‚ we immediately connect it to other people. M. Webber defined ‘social acting’ as the sense of the action is related to others’ behavior (Weber‚ 1922 cited in Aschenbrenner
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Marijuana’s Effect on the Quality of Life Introduction Marijuana is very controversial‚ use of this substance can affect every aspect of life‚ whether it is used for a treatment of a disease or used for pleasure‚ also‚ all the uses in between. The long and short-term effects of this drug include psychological‚ and social outcomes. According to the United Nations‚ the use of marijuana is a large number. Approximately 94 million people in the United States alone have admitted to using it at least
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“How could divorce affect my kids?” “How can I minimize the emotional distress that my child is experiencing?” Many parents asked themselves many difficult questions after taking the difficult decision of ending their marriage with divorce. Unfortunately‚ life is not perfect and sometimes the best option for families is divorce. However‚ we must realize that divorce not only affects the parents‚ but it mostly affects the children. Research shows that children whose parents are divorce suffer academically
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development is an expression of the level of development of societies‚ it will also be compatible with the level of democratic development. Democracy will become a catalyst and engine of economic and social development in society. To what extent does the economy affect the building of democracy? Is democracy a condition for economic development‚ or is economic development laying the foundations of democracy? These questions needed to be answered in terms of features of democracy that are closely related
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Does money bring happiness? This question comes up a lot in movies and films‚ as well as in everyday life‚ but the way people answer it always varies‚ the way they answer it also says a lot about what kind of person they are and what they value most in life. You need money to get pretty much everything in life‚ from food‚ to clothes‚ to a roof over your head. However there are some things that money just cannot buy‚ including happiness. Many people believe that money brings happiness‚ these people
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larger the asteroid‚ the larger the crater. While this is partially true‚ it is not the only factor that controls crater size. This experiment will be exploring the asteroids speed and how this effects a craters size. Aim This scientific experiment was conducted to find how the impact speed/energy of an asteroid affects the diameter/size of a crater. Method A golf ball was dropped into a bucket of sand from heights ranging between 1-5 meters. For every height‚ the golf was dropped 3 times‚ allowing
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HOW WELL DOES PARLIAMENT PERFORM ITS VARIOUS FUNCTIONS? Parliament is designed to hold the executive accountable; therefore it goes about this by various means of government scrutiny‚ such as Prime Minister’s Question Time. In addition‚ Parliament is expected to perform a legislative function‚ creating the process of a bill becoming a law after undergoing many stages between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Finally‚ Parliament is also required to be representative of the
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How has Ponyboy’s life changed during all the events that happened in the Outsiders. Ponyboy has many conflicts throughout the book but the main conflict was whether Pony was going to become a hood or a genius. During this rigid conflict Pony depends on his friends choices. While many characters impact and help Pony throughout his internal struggle‚ Johnny Cade’s choices impacts Pony’s life‚ self-concept‚ and relationships with his peers the most. A choice made by Johnny affects Pony because Johnny
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