Parental emotional support, alongside material and temporal support, is an important determinant of children …'s subjective well-being and academic success. However, not all children benefit from the same level of parental support, and there … between girls and boys, and between countries. We show that differences in parental emotional support by parents' education …

adults and children. Using microdata from 33 African countries, this paper documents the co-evolution of adult education … with the educational outcomes of children. As fertility declines, children's grade attainment rises, but their school … education. Rising women's education predicts declining fertility and rising children's grade attainment, but it is less …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the …