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 …

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

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 …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our …

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

We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by … set of results using survey data. These suggest that the positive association between men’s education and family formation …