compare mothers' and fathers' willingness to pay (WTP) for specific goods for their children, diverging from the previous … literature's approach of comparing the expenditure effects of mothers' versus fathers' income. Our method, which we apply in … children. We find that fathers have a lower WTP for their daughters' human capital than their sons' human capital, whereas …

paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller … order gradient among Indian children and, consequently, the overall height deficit. First, the Indian firstborn height …

Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the … improve child anthropometrics. One exception is that the communication training increases women's and children's intake of …

eldest sons, whom parents favor, and other sons. Fertility preferences likewise center on eldest sons. The desire to have at …

parents in low-income contexts do not converse with their infants regularly. We report on a randomized field experiment … childhood development policy in low-income contexts …