Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 – 2002, we assess whether family …. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …

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

on children’s and parents’ outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for … children’s cognitive skills. School performance at age 16 increases for children whose father is relatively higher educated … paternity leave shifts the gender balance at home in a way that increases mothers’ time and/or effort spent at market work …

Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are …

Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within … 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 …

, and other measurable educational outcomes, and these disparities exist across family resources and race. Focusing on … the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …

This paper uses a new data set on domestic child adoption to document the preferences of potential adoptive parents … over born and unborn babies relinquished for adoption by their birth mothers. We show that adoptive parents exhibit … attracts the interest of potential adoptive parents with probability 11.5% if it is a girl and 7.9% if it is a boy. As for race …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …