childhood are more likely to send their children to work. We also look at the effect of social norms on the parents' child labor … poverty is viewed as the main reason for child labor, we choose to focus on the phenomenon that parents who worked during own … explanation for the phenomenon of poor societies with similar income levels that differ significantly in literacy rates and …

A large literature on intergenerational mobility focuses on the conditional mean of children's economic outcomes to … suggests a strong influence of father's education on conditional variance of children's schooling. We find substantial … measures substantially underestimate the effects of family background on children's educational opportunities, and may give a …

's population aging, traditions of filial piety and co-residence, decreasing number of children, and dearth of formal social … security, at a relatively low income level. We draw on rich household surveys from two provinces at distinct development stages … significantly reduces intergenerational co-residence, especially between elderly parents and their adults sons; promotes pensioners …

This paper aims to study the process of intergenerational income mobility in some Latin American economies (Panama and … have a stagnant economy coupled with high income inequality. Our rich and detailed dataset, the IPUMS survey data bank …

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 …

opportunities in Italy. Our analysis relies on a rich dataset that contains data both on individuals and their real parents, as well …