We use 1940 Census data to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital for children born in the 1920s and … attainment between parents and children, we document lower average mobility rates for blacks than whites, but wide variation … across states and counties for both races. We show that schooling choices of white children were highly responsive to the …

-functioning formal social security system. Parents raise their children and depend on them for support when they reach an advanced age …. The decrease in the number of children prompted by the OCP resulted in parents investing more in their children … moderate estimates. The output gain comes from a greatly increased educational investment driven by fewer children (11.4 years …

children when they are high school seniors. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from 6 to 9 years …

This paper examines the transmission of human capital from parents to children using variation in parental influence … educated parents spend more time with their children …

differences in mobility reflect spatial sorting or their independent role. To isolate the two, we focus on children whose families … likelihood for children of uneducated parents to complete primary school. Overall, the evidence suggests that geographic and …

This paper examines the impact of the iconic Perry Preschool Project on the children and siblings of the original … participants. The children of treated participants have fewer school suspensions, higher levels of education and employment, and … lower levels of participation in crime, compared with the children of untreated participants. Impacts are especially …

persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter …

Using a 1993 Dutch policy reform and a regression discontinuity design, we find children of parents whose disability … government programs, and earn 2% more as adults. The reduced transfers and increased taxes of children account for 40% of the … fiscal savings relative to parents in present discounted value terms. Moreover, children of treated parents complete more …

parental inputs children of various socio-economic statuses receive. In the empirical work that follows, we will show a … relationship between very specific inputs of time by parents and later achievements of children …

use names and birth dates to link the records of mothers and children. We also identify mothers who are siblings. We show … that there is a strong intergenerational correlation in the birth weight of mothers and children, but that a measure of …