children as old-age economic security, discouraging fertility. In particular, this fact may explain the contemporaneity of the … political economy research these effects have been ignored, as the fertility choice is usually considered exogenous. This paper … pension systems, because as the family structure becomes weaker the fertility decreases, thus reducing the profitability of …

on whether or not their mothers were literate: there was no gender discrimination between children of literate mothers … disadvantage than that engendered solely by gender. These were the consequences which stemmed from children being born to …This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1 …

sought to understand how children are faring in non-traditional homes. Debate has arisen over assertions that children from … 2006 Uruguayan household survey, we evaluate the relationship of family structure with children’s education using two …