We present a model of endogenous schooling and earnings to isolate the causal effect of parents' education on children …'s education and earnings outcomes. The model suggests that parents' education is positively related to children's earnings, but … regressing children's schooling on parents' schooling is mainly accounted for by the correlation between parents' schooling and …

comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …

enrollment, work and healthcare use of young children and adolescents in Vietnam. To do so, we exploit variation in tariff …-migrants, but fell among migrants, with the opposite pattern for working. For children (7 to 14), enrolment did not change among non … increased for both children and adolescents. We find evidence that healthcare utilization decreased for both children and …

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

the assistance provided to the parent by her adult children. The first stage determines the living arrangement: the parent …

two births in families with at least two children, to estimate the effect of additional children on parents' labor supply … differences in the ages of children whose birth was caused by the instruments. The estimates imply that the labor supply …

the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has … father to a more egalitarian one in which the wife and the children have been empowered. This transformation coincided with … rise in relative earnings of wives increased competition between spouses for the love and affection of their children while …

performance of proxy measures is poor. Parents' expected lifetime resources are stronger predictors of many important child … outcomes (including children's own expected lifetime resources and education) than the income measures traditionally used in … upward mobility is understated. Recent generations have higher welfare and are better off compared to their parents …

investment in children. A key to understanding the data patterns is to document the sources underlying the observed inequalities … parents of higher SES being more likely to believe that parental investments impact child development. We then use two field … associated with enriched parent-child interactions and improved vocabulary, math, and social-emotional skills for the children …

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 …