This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with … children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision …

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

We attempt to answer a simple empirical question: does having children make a parent live longer? The hypothesis we …, 1991, and 2001, we are unable to reject this hypothesis. By contrast, we find in our key result that women with children … have a roughly 8% higher survival probability than women without children …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members …

, we find that family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio …We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the … influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and …

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 …

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 …