Papers in this volume and elsewhere consistently find a strong relationship between children's cognitive abilities and … their parents' socio-economic position (SEP). Most studies seeking to explain the paths through which SEP affects cognitive … determinant of children's cognitive abilities, namely parental cognitive ability. A range of econometric strategies have been …

husband and wife separate information on hourly wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate structural …

, affects children's school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. In our empirical specification we use household … income reduction associated with it, whereas for girls, changes in the household decision-maker appear to play an important … role. -- Child labour ; Schooling ; Adverse event ; Income loss ; Credit and insurance market failures ; Bargaining …

: ‘internalising’ and ‘externalising’, related to the ability of children to focus their concentration and to engage in interpersonal … for children born to mothers with higher socio-economic status (education and employment), and to mothers who smoked … other hand, we find a decline in the skills gradient for children without a father figure in the household. Lastly, we …