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 …

-behind families and children left much to be desired. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the impact of parental … migration on the welfare of left-behind children in the Philippines so that policies can be devised to support them. This study … temper of left-behind children. However, they tend to be more physically sickly. This warrants government attention 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 …