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 …

We attempt to answer a simple empirical question: does having children make a parent live longer? The hypothesis we … offer is that a parent’s immune system is refreshed by a child’s infections at a time when their own protection starts …, 1991, and 2001, we are unable to reject this hypothesis. By contrast, we find in our key result that women with children …

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 …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are … better recommendations to taller students. This holds even when controlling for academic achievement and parental background … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …

Does after-school care provision promote mothers’ employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of …

This paper addresses whether children's exposure to parents receiving disability benefits induces a higher probability …-age population rely on disability benefits, we find that the amount of time that children are exposed to their fathers receiving …

in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs … financial barriers to university participation, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …