regions and cohorts with poorer family background. Parental education has had asymmetric effects, positive on attainment and … individuals with poor family background and negative for individuals born in regions and cohorts with relatively high parental … to parental education in the production of individual human capital. When school quality and family background are …

We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little … attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities … countries (France, Italy and Germany) on the link between time allocation by parents and time allocation by youngsters …