children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background. …

We examine the impact of family income during childhood on the type of secondary school that German children attend, a …-born German children and non-existent for children from guestworker households. Income effects are also small relative to the … late-childhood income is a more important determinant of outcomes than early-childhood income, and income effects are not …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …

large-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children … school-age during WWII. First, these children had 0.4 fewer years of schooling on average in adulthood, with those in the … most hard-hit cities completing 1.2 fewer years. Second, these children were about half inches (one centimeter) shorter and …

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to … receive recommendations for or to enroll at any secondary school type as native children. Comparable natives, in terms of … family background, thus face similar difficulties as migrant children. Our results point at more general inequalities in …

?s actual household income on parents? satisfaction can be found. However, children?s health and education have a positive …The question that this paper addresses is whether or not parents are altruistic towards their children. A new approach … will be introduced, where the life satisfaction data of parents will be regressed onto the living conditions of their …

to trust other people are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about … the responses of parents and their children. Exploring heterogeneity in the strength of transmission, we find that gender … based on risk and trust attitudes, which reinforces the impact of parents on children. Our results have potentially …