children can amplify existing inequalities across generations. Third, inequality can exist even within families, and the …

introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …

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 …

bargaining model estimation framework that allows one to identify the allocation of resources across adult and children males and … between men and women, but that there is no gender bias among children. We also find that children are least poor members of …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about … fertility and transfers dampen intergenerational mobility. To evaluate the quantitative importance of this mechanism, we extend … fertility, family transfers, and education. The model, estimated to the US in the 2000s, implies that a counterfactual flat …

This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children …

development (namely, language, cognition, and socio-emotional skills) of children 0-5 in five Latin American countries (Chile … implementing evidence-based interventions at scale to improve developmental outcomes of the most disadvantaged children in society. …

children's health and cognitive outcomes, and explores whether shocks at certain periods matter more than others. The paper … variation in children's exposure to a negative shock at different periods early in life. It is shown that children exposed to …, children affected by the floods in the first trimester of pregnancy score lower on cognitive tests. Potential mechanisms are …