live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …, and among Mexican immigrants who live in an environment in which divorce is more prevalent. …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …

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 …

absent for children of preschool age. We also find that (1) boys are more likely to migrate following the reduction in the … number of rural primary schools, (2) migrant households with multiple children tend to take their sons to migrate more than … they take their daughters, and (3) the fact that parents of boy students spend more on their children's education can be …

between parents and children: the former give their children better consumption opportunities in return for their presence at …

explain the underinvestment of parents in their children's human capital. We first incorporate these two potential mechanisms …

in children and adolescents. Using over 50 thousand time use diaries from two cohorts of Australian children spanning … over 16 years, we first document that children sleep significantly less on days with longer daylight duration, partly by … sleeping longer improves selected general developmental, behavioural and health outcomes in children and adolescents. By …

strong incentive to invest substantial resources in improving their children's' achievement on these tests, thus reinforcing … investing in their children's test-taking abilities and improving their access to selective tertiary programs; and employers not …