Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children until one or more boys are born, and to concentrate … offer new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature. … opposite directions, resulting in a near-zero total effect which has previously been a measure of gender bias. These results …

sources. We find that the reform increased both the educational attainment and the earnings of children whose fathers had just … complusory education. However the earnings of those with educated parents declined - possibly because of a dilution of quality at …

followed since birth until the age of 33. The data used has a wealth of information on family background including parental … allows us to directly assess the relative importance of omitted ability and family background bias as well as biases arising … examines whether there is evidence of heterogeneity in the returns to education as well as the impact of education on gender …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the … scores is likely to be the most appropriate policy response to ensure that children born towards the end of the year are not …

between children born at the start and end of the academic year. It builds on the previous literature on this topic in England … differences in outcomes between children born in different months that we observe. Specifically, we compare differences in tests … oldest and youngest children in an academic cohort; highlighting that children born at the end of the academic year are at a …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the …

inequality concerns over children's final outcomes. Because parents perceive investment to be 12 percent more productive for the … developing world. I study the role played by parents' educational investment to explain this inequality and its determinants. To … develop new theory-driven survey measures based on hypothetical scenarios that allow me to separately identify parents …

We study the transmission of risk attititudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in … children when the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This correlation is only present for daughters. We show that a measure of …

pseudo-panel of university participation of cohorts defined by sex, region of residence and family background, and estimate a …

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