surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility …

? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they …

Worldwide, some 57 million primary school age children don't have the chance to go to school. Many factors hold these … children back: poverty, poor health and overcrowded or faraway facilities. The problem is most acute in Sub-Saharan Africa …, where some 30 million primary school age children aren't enrolled, but many countries in other regions are also still …

"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living … influences. The nonrandom placement of children is controlled by including the educational attainment of the absent biological …

children, et cetera), and (iii) assessing the quality of the latest evidence on each topic and identifying the knowledge gaps …