Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …

of gender equality, the U.S. ranks above average in paid working time among dual-earner couples with no children, but …

Examines gender differences in poverty in eight industrialized countries: US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, Sweden … religion, culture, and policy, all play a role in accounting for gender poverty gaps within and across countries. …

This article employs the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to compare poverty rates for female-headed households (FHHs …) with poverty rates for other households in a number of developed and transitional economies. It then seeks to explain why … sections describe the LIS and discuss some of the problems encountered in measuring poverty. The paper then computes poverty …

Parental influences on children health related behaviours are argued to be gender assortative (e.g., that maternal … representative sample of English children and their parents for the period 1996-2009. We examine the magnitude and change of the … age 0.7 percentage point among infants to 1.3-1.4 percentage points among schooled children and teenagers. However, we …

Parents make important choices for their children in many areas of life, yet the empirical literature on this topic is … scarce. We study parents’ competitiveness choices for their children by combining two large-scale artefactual field … about their children’s competitiveness preferences. Third, parents’ choices predict children's later-in-life educational …