secondary education to selective academic programs that open doors to skilled, well-paid professions. This gives parents a … strong incentive to invest substantial resources in improving their children's' achievement on these tests, thus reinforcing … students in Hebrew-language schools from eighth grade to age 29, we provide evidence that despite Israeli schools being …

-Saharan Africa). This suggests a dominant role for the parents in determining educational opportunities of children. Evidence on the …

traditional income data. We find that intergenerational SWB mobility-as measured by subjective wealth and life satisfaction …

This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …

that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to … benefits to second-generation immigrant children. Besides, we point out the possibility of exploiting the larger impact of the … relative age on second-generation children in order to support their performance and reduce the large penalization associated …

square and two-stage least square methods find that more children can enhance elderly parents’ subjective well-being (SWB …In this paper, we test the conventional wisdom in developing countries of 'more children, more happiness' by exploiting … the cohort and provincial variations of elderly parents exposed to the one-child policy in China. Using nationally …

parental unemployment on children's human capital should be considered by policymakers, as should educational interventions to …

We examine the differential effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in … groups. In a difference-in-differences design, we compare the change for individuals with children to the change for … individuals without children, accounting for unrelated trends as well as potential survey mode and context effects. We find that …

The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never … information on parents' schooling and employment status. Unemployment might have negative psychological effects, with impact on …