care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the … period and that parents invest in the education of their children. We show that Becker’s rotten kids theorem holds for the … old may leave a bequest to their children. Within each period the three generations play a "game" inspired by Becker …

affect child schooling by focusing on young school-age children who are otherwise not active in the labor market. Using micro … percentage points higher schooling probability for children between the ages of 7 and 10. This result explains approximately 26 …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents’ incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long … not by changes in family income or father’s labor force participation …

We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and …

intergenerational transmission of education. We test whether education transmission is higher when children enter kindergarten and …

that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … relatively younger children to special needs services. The effect is persistent throughout compulsory schooling, resulting in …

-provided education appears more suitable to students with culturally privileged family backgrounds and high observed ability. The …

school attended in grades 3 and 6, respectively. Consistent with recent evidence from other settings, we find that students … confirm that these achievement drops occur in non-urban areas and persist through grade 10, by which time most students have … students' performance trajectories …