environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …

) increases growth rates of national income. This paper begins by confirming those findings in an analysis involving more … by which education quality appears to improve per capita income levels is through shifting the level of the production … a country's rate of technological progress (very likely). Mortality rates complement income levels as indicators of …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …

, on the distribution of income, and on overall economic growth. In contrast to these long run factors, today's school ….S. students …