expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most … commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items for children. Children of lone parents have lower budget shares for … suggesting that children mimic their parent?s expenditure patterns. …

This paper finds declining consumption expenditure between paydays, for a typical household in the working population …

We propose a collective labor supply model with household production that generalizes an original model of Blundell … goods bought at the market with individuals' time. We apply our model to new and unique data on Dutch couples with children …. Our application uses a novel estimation strategy that builds upon the familiar two-stage allocation representation of the …

(1982). The results show that more than 50 percent of children aged 0-3 are queuing for child care slots, whereas only 10 … percent of children aged 4-6 years are queuing. For children in the younger age group who have working mothers, about 255 …

This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth based on French household …

children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision …

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 – 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …