This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low …-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children … of impacts of these forms of human capital; next considers the implications of such estimates for inequality and poverty …

Element ends with two sections showing first how measures of inequality, poverty and welfare may be derived from such an order …

products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and …