This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development …. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child … development is summarized, and policies to promote child well-being are discussed. The chapter concludes with some open questions …

. Finally, I address the impact of adult child migration on contributions toward non-migrant parents as well as the effects on … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child …

transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential … will better capture the active role of the emerging autonomous child in learning and responding to the actions of parents …

adults, particularly for disadvantaged children; however the gains may be less pronounced when high quality subsidized child …