Caroline Chuard
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Chuard
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Caroline
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Item type:Publication, Economics of Education ReviewThis study examines the impact of ethnic clustering during compulsory schooling on the career paths of ethnic minority students. We observe whether students upon completing compulsory school join an academic track, a vocational education, a transition year or no further education. We show that the effect of foreign language peers depends on whether or not they speak the same foreign language as the observed student. A higher overall share of foreign language peers in a cohort increases the probability of these students entering vocational education at the expense of academic education. It also leads to lower projected earnings. Peers speaking the same foreign language as the student observed also increase the student's chances of joining vocational education, but at the expense of a transition year. Looking at mechanisms, we provide evidence that foreign language peers affect language acquisition negatively, but can provide positive network effects.Type:journal articleJournal:Economics of Education ReviewVolume:106Scopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Ethnic clustering in schools and early career outcomes(2025); ; ; This study examines the impact of ethnic clustering during compulsory schooling on the career paths of ethnic minority students. We observe whether students upon completing compulsory school join an academic track, a vocational education, a transition year or no further education. We show that the effect of foreign language peers depends on whether or not they speak the same foreign language as the observed student. A higher overall share of foreign language peers in a cohort increases the probability of these students entering vocational education at the expense of academic education. It also leads to lower projected earnings. Peers speaking the same foreign language as the student observed also increase the student’s chances of joining vocational education, but at the expense of a transition year. Looking at mechanisms, we provide evidence that foreign language peers affect language acquisition negatively, but can provide positive network effects.Type:journal articleJournal:Economics of Education ReviewVolume:106 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Baby bonus in Switzerland: Effects on fertility, newborn health, and birth-schedulingThis paper studies the effect of birth allowances (so-called baby bonus) on fertility, newborn health, and birth-scheduling in Switzerland. Switzerland provides an optimal quasi-experiment: 11 out of 26 cantons introduced a baby bonus during the last 50 years at different points in time. To identify the effect of changes in the baby bonus, we employ an event study with control groups using several administrative data sets on births, stillbirths, and infant deaths in Switzerland from 1969 to 2017. While there is no evidence for birth-scheduling, we find, however, a sizable but only temporary increase in the fertility rate of 5.5% and a permanent but diminishing increase in the birth weight of 2.8%. The latter effect is particularly strong at the lower end of the birth weight distribution. Furthermore, we document substantial heterogeneity by citizenship of mothers.Type:journal articleJournal:Health EconomicsVolume:30Issue:9DOI:10.1002/hec.4366Scopus© Citations 5 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Baby bonus in Switzerland: Effects on fertility, newborn
health, and birth‐schedulingType:journal articleJournal:Health EconomicsDOI:10.1002/hec.4366Scopus© Citations 5 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Womb at work: The missing impact of maternal employment on newborn healthType:journal articleJournal:Journal of Health EconomicsVolume:73 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Publication, Negative effects of long parental leave on maternal health: Evidence from a substantial policy change in Austria(2023)Type:forthcomingJournal:Journal of Health Economics