adolescents, favoring earlier-born children within household in academic achievement and cognitive skill measures. We highlight … harsh parenting as a novel channel of birth order effects, in which earlier-born children are less likely to be physically … punished by their parents. Focusing on son preference as a potential mechanism generating birth order effects, our tests show …

1966 Romanian abortion ban to study the demand for children over their life cycle. The empirical approach combines elements …-generation individuals whose mothers were affected by the ban had a significantly lower demand for children. One-third of such decline is …

This study documents increased intergenerational support for elderly parents in China among adults who were exposed to … wife's parents residing in the same household. As expected in a patrilineal society, the increase in support is realized by … the husband's parents through more visits and financial transfers. Supporting our findings of stronger social networks …

Socio- Economic Survey (HSES) to examine the correlation between the presence of children of different age categories in a … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …

We study the impact of income taxation on intergenerational income correlation. We estimate a life cycle dynastic model … the increase in the fertility rate (quantity) and the decrease in the educational outcome of children (quality), is highly …