effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off between the quantity and quality of their children is augmented with …This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with …

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 …

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …

generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …

This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal amount of education) then acts like an insurance device in case of divorce …

Given that young children are under the control of their parents, if the government has an interest in either the … gives rise to some new ones. -- optimal taxation ; optimal family allowances ; hidden ability to raise children ; hidden … educational investments ; endogenous and exogenous fertility …

Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK … children's development up to the age of seven. Estimating production functions for cognitive, social, and socio …