This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child … maternal illness substantially decreases chances of being enrolled in school for children between 10 and 23 years old and, at …

from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) to measure birth order effects on children's educational outcomes in 35 … dimensions of heterogeneity, the negative birth order effects are stronger for children from poorer households, and households in …

We present the first Australian estimates of intergenerational mobility that draw on direct observations of income from … two generations. Using panel data for three birth cohorts of young adults from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics … Australia survey, the estimated intergenerational income elasticity is 0.28. Correcting for attenuation bias raises this to 0 …