We use newly linked UK administrative to estimate absolute income mobility for children born in England in the 1980s …. We find huge differences across the country, with a strong North-South gradient. Children from low-income families who … play to equalise opportunities of children from low-income families across the country, though will not be sufficient to …

parental beliefs about the human capital production function and their preferences for inequality in children’s outcomes, as … inequality concerns over children’s final outcomes. Because they perceive investments and baseline ability to be complements in … the production function, they invest more in higher-achieving children. Resources are important, as constrained parents …

children's health and cognitive outcomes, and explores whether shocks at certain periods matter more than others. The paper … variation in children's exposure to a negative shock at different periods early in life. It is shown that children exposed to …, children affected by the floods in the first trimester of pregnancy score lower on cognitive tests. Potential mechanisms are …

Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about …