This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …

In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a … displacement reduces average fertility by 5 to 10% in both the short and medium term (3 and 6 years) and that these effects are … reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …

in the usual way, and an unconventional one allowing them to qualify for a pension by having children, and investing time …

children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision … mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey …

endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off between the quantity and quality of their children is augmented with …This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with …

the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are … closer to the acceptance of the hypothesis than unmarried couples without children. …

We examine the effects of differences in social capital on first and second best transfers to families with children … born, are random variables. The probability that a couple has children is conditional on the level of reproductive activity … includes two transfers, one conditional on number of births, the other on the children's earning ability. …

parents to children; (2) positive assortative mating of parents, which tends to reinforce the impact of parents on the child …