the future of their children through the family, the labour market, and public policy actually differ? Using a number of … representative household surveys we find that the configuration of all three sources of investment and support for children differs … significantly, disadvantaged American children living in much more challenging circumstances, and the role of public policy not as …

. This paper uses previously unpublished archival data on infant mortality and anthropometric studies of children conducted …

adult children. It uses the 2003 Scottish Health Survey and estimates the association between the present healthy eating … behaviour of adult children and the past parental death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). It uses parental CVD death as an … adverse health signal which may cause a healthy eating compensatory response in adult children. This response is due to …

of children aged between 7 and 14, we find strong aversion to lying at all ages. Lying is driven mainly by selfish … motives and envy. Children with stronger social preferences are less prone to deception, even when lying would benefit others … at no monetary cost. Older children lie less than younger children and require more self-justification to lie. …

Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce … children conceived during first marriage. Our results indicate that the presence of children significantly reduces the … probability of marital disruption. In addition, the younger the children, the greater the deterrent effect. In contrast, we …