interactions may be important because children enjoy spending time with other children or parents learn from other parents about … the ability of their children. Identification is based on a randomized intervention that grants a cash subsidy encouraging … school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children’s age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

-based childcare places per 100 children within a household’s residential area. The results show that an increase in the availability …

capture her direct family experience. We find that both variables are significant determinants of fertility, even after … controlling for several individual and family-level characteristics. …

Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …