timing. In doing so, we exploit the fact that parents do not like to have children born on the “inauspicious” dates of …

tamper-proof date and time function, along with instructions to have one of the children photograph the teacher and other … schools and children were 40% more likely to be admitted into regular schools. …

We develop a model that gives some microfoundation to the impact of residential neighborhood on children’s educational … the quality of the neighborhood in terms of human capital, the higher the parent’s involvement in children’s education … neighborhood has a significant impact on their children’s educational attainment. …

, however, because as well as measuring the actual number of children a person has, there is also information on the additional … number of children a person expects to parent. Thus it is possible to estimate the determinants of fertility in three … dimensions: the actual number of children a person has, the expected future number of children, and total intended lifetime …

indirect effect of returns to human capital on parents' preferences for sons and the resulting demand for children and … education. We assume that parents maximize the full income of their children and that males have an additional income … that parents who have daughters first have more children. Daughters are born to larger families and hence receive less …