This paper shows how parental preferences for sons versus daughters affect divorce, child custody, marriage, shotgun … marriage when the sex of the child is known before birth, and fertility stopping rules. We document that parents with girls are …

either a concept-based, general' education or a skill-specific, vocational' education. General education is more costly to … policies favor vocational education will grow slower in equilibrium than one that favors general education. Moreover, the gap … education subsidy policy we demonstrate that the optimal subsidy for general education increases with the growth rate of …

We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … outcomes: use of prenatal care, smoking behavior, marriage, and fertility. In an effort to account for unobserved …