Lives project conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is found that health shocks to poorer parents reduce investments in … children thereby reducing their future earnings, and perpetuating poverty and inequality. The paper discusses important … of paternal and maternal shocks on different cohort groups, roles of cognitive abilities of children and quality of …

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 …

sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and social network of family from parents by children; and second, capital … occupations such as services and sales. The findings highlight the fact that children of parents employed in high-paying and …Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject …

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

smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese families and thus bear much of the financial burden in preparation … for children’s marriage. This paper investigates how a demographic factor - a large number of surplus men in the marriage … ratios among children and intense smoking among fathers. Considering worsening sex ratios and highly competitive marriage …

. Data from 135 couples and their children show that the father's risk aversion is negatively associated with school … evidence that points to a preference for current income generated by the employment of boys in high-value cash crop production …