While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …

public and legislators must make regarding children's expenditures, the progressivity of the contributions between parents … goals while satisfying basic desiderata such as supporting children in both of their families, equity between siblings …

children with substitute families. Little is known whether foster care placement reduces or increases the likelihood of … individuals who were investigated for abuse or neglect as children. Families are effectively randomized to child protection …-aged children who are on the margin of placement have lower adult arrest rates when they remain at home …

. These children exhibit poor outcomes as children and adults, and economists have begun to estimate the causal relationship …Foster care provides substitute living arrangements to protect maltreated children. The practice is remarkably common …: it is estimated that 5 percent of children in the United States are placed in foster care at some point during childhood …

the United States is comprised of former foster children--yet there is little evidence on whether this relationship is … that foster care placement substantially reduced the chances of adult arrests, convictions, and incarceration for children … at the margin. Exploring mechanisms, we find that foster care also improved a range of children's safety, academic, and …

The relationship between completed education and adult cognition is investigated using data from the Indonesia Family … relationship, including genetics and parental preferences and investments. After establishing the importance of shared family …

attainment of taller individuals. We then turn to the NLSY79 Children and Young Adult Survey to better understand what specific …

While it is widely acknowledged that the family and childhood environments affect adult well being, why they matter is … still an area of significant debate. Previous research concerned with this issue has focused on the influence of family … income, family structure, and cognitive ability. Much of this research has focused on economic and social outcomes. Notably …

,000 children born between 1979 and 1987 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. These children are followed until 2006, and their … records are linked to provincial registries with outcomes data. We compare children with health conditions to their own …

occupational choices, which reflect their comparative advantage. We merge records on children hospitalized with poliomyelitis …