In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference … natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier evidence consistent with son preference in that having a female … first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our …

We provide a theory whereby non-benevolent, self-employed households increase their expected family size to raise the … likelihood that an inside family member will be a good match at running the business. Hence, having larger family sizes raises …

households. -- instrumental partner-violence ; non-cooperative family decision-making ; welfare policy …

neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of …-spatial relationship between the environment and stature. -- family economics ; stature ; wealth ; inequality ; insolation ; vitamin D …

school is in session, mothers sleep less, spend more time caring for family members and driving them around, and spend less …

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 …

a sharp increase in world poverty. -- clean energy ; food prices ; household welfare ; renewable fuel standards … ; poverty …