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 …

"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 …

tool not only for encouraging families to enroll their children in school, but also keeping them there. Indeed, the results … this, researchers would have to consider what support low-income households might need to monitor and assist their children …