Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such … as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the … states to inculcate sexual mores. Technology affects culture. -- Children ; church and state ; contraception ; culture …

This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that … parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these … children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings are robust to a wide range of sensitivity analyses. …

formation of their children. This subjective belief is determined in part by locus of control (LOC), i.e., the extent to which …

We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …

socialization within their families. Young people are more likely to oppose generous social benefits and adopt an internal view of …

This paper studies the long-term impact of societal socialization on values using the example of doping behavior in … with ideological socialization. -- communism ; values ; performance-enhancement drugs ; Berlin ; natural experiment …

generation to the next one via two venues: (i) direct socialization – across generations, by parents; and (ii) oblique … socialization – within generations, by the community and cultural environment. This paper focuses on the transmission of religious … norms and in particular on the 'religious taste for children'. The theoretical framework describes the setting and the …