child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive … preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in …

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 …

Pregnancy loss is often a traumatic event which may impact both parents and subsequent children. Using Norwegian … investment and family outcomes. We find that pregnancy loss improves maternal health investments in the subsequent pregnancy … market attachment, it has limited effects on children born after the loss. This suggests that investment in the next …