and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds … the future of their children through the family, the labour market, and public policy actually differ? Using a number of … representative household surveys we find that the configuration of all three sources of investment and support for children differs …

portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of … immigrants as for the entire population, and there is more generational mobility among immigrants in Canada than in the United …

immigration. This paper examines the education outcomes of a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Canada as children. The 2006 … likely that children who migrate face different challenges in attaining high school credentials depending upon their age at … Census is used and it is found that there is in fact a distinct change in the chances that children will hold a high …

Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing … determinant of cognitive ability. We find that parents invest more in high ability children, with a one standard deviation …

Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged …This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child …

the differential educational expectations mothers have for their daughters and sons, and consequently their children …'s later educational outcomes and labour supply. We find that mothers' and children's gender role attitudes, measured some 25 …-traditional attitudes from mothers to their children explain a substantive part of gender inequalities in economic opportunities, and that …

that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …