We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

family types. We compare sibling differences in families where the mother enters the labor force when the children are older … out of the labor force during the entirety of her children’s adolescent years. Our identification strategy is, therefore …, in the spirit of traditional difference-in-differences, the first difference pertaining to the differences in children …

with regard to mothers’ mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care … concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found …

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

and birth outcomes in forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child …

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 …

scenario concerning the “harmony” of family relations. Children are purely selfish, and neither side can make credible …

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