outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin … different way. Men with brothers earn more and are more likely to get married and have children than men with sisters. Women …

stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data … more skilled partners and more skilled children. Exploiting college expansions, we find that better college access … increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion …