not work at all, time spent with children, and child-related expenditures, we find that income risk impacts skill …This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill … development. Through a quantitative dynamic labor supply model in which two parents choose whether to work short or long hours or …

how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the toolset of their discipline to understand what parents do and … developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and …

how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the toolset of their discipline to understand what parents do and … developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and …

Longitudinal Survey of Youths which we follow from 16 to 28. We discuss the evolution of family income and ability effects where … component correlated with family income and background variables. We find that the individual cognitive-technical ability … differential prevailing at 16 was increasing with income in the early 80's but much less so in the early 2000's. We find no …

This paper studies the effect of multigrading-mixing children of different ages in the same classroom-on students … longitudinal data that follow a cohort of Italian students over their compulsory school career, we show that multigrading has a … positive short-term effect on achievements. This effect fades away over time to become negative in the long run if students …

influence of parents wanes. Nevertheless, parents may continue to exert leverage by shaping their children's peer groups. We … parental inputs and peers, and where parents can affect the peer group by restricting who their children can interact with. We …As children reach adolescence, peer interactions become increasingly central to their development, whereas the direct …