Parents may have important effects on their children, but little work in economics explores whether children …'s schooling opportunities crowd out or encourage parents' investment in children. We analyze data from the Head Start Impact Study … substantial increase in parents' involvement with their children—such as time spent reading to children, math activities, or days …

Researchers and retailers have documented that consumption declines before the receipt of income, and then rises … afterwards. In this paper, we identify a related phenomenon, where mortality rises immediately after income receipt. We find that …

We experimentally investigate the distribution of children's time preferences along gender and racial lines. We find … that boys are more impatient than girls and black children are more impatient than white children. Black boys have the … play an important role in determining the success of performance incentive programs for school children. …