invest more in children and less in market-specific human capital and thus have lower earnings. We revisit these and other …

early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

The interaction between family size and children quality has been a recurring topicin the economics of family. However … instruments based on the report of the ideal number of children. The novelty of the instruments lies in that unlike most articles … first (second) born children a first (second) sibling generates null or positive effects on the four outcomes but there are …

their own daughters and because an expansion of women's rights increases educational investments in children. We show that …

children. From this, should we infer that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? In this paper, we develop a non … spend more on children, even when they have exactly the same preferences as their husbands. However, this does not …

Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children until one or more boys are born, and to concentrate …