This paper examines the transmission of human capital from parents to children using variation in parental influence … educated parents spend more time with their children …

correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to …

granddaughters? I study this question by comparing outcomes for former slaves and their children and grandchildren to outcomes for … free blacks (pre-1865), and their children and grandchildren. The outcome measures include literacy, whether a child … interpretations of father-son correlations in income and socioeconomic status. The data used are from the 1880 and 1920 1 percent …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production … investments affect cognitive development at all ages, but more so for younger children. Investments also have an impact on health …

reduced crime rates of the targeted generation and their children by comparable amounts. We attribute these outcomes to …

under the assumption that parental income is the main source of heterogeneity. We explicitly model the variability and …

children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years …

markets. These constraints imply cross-sectional patterns for schooling, ability, and family income that are consistent with U … -- schooling relationship for low-income youth. We show that the rising empirical importance of familial wealth and income in …