widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia, and most parts of South Asia, is linked to child cognitive ability and … on child outcomes, prior work likely underestimates the negative impacts of consanguinity on child outcomes. This paper … consanguinity on child cognitive ability and height-for-age are identified by (current and past) grandfather land ownership and …

of family background on children?s education in villages, with a focus on the role of nonfarm occupations. The analysis … occupation. The role of family background remains relatively stable across generations for girls, but for boys, family background …

. Ethiopia changed its family law, requiring both spouses' consent in the administration of marital property, removing the …

support, and financial help provided to and received from other family members by ageing and elderly Europeans. The analysis … young adult children. It is shown that the likelihood of the exchange of support between family generations is highest in …

have shorter birth intervals, a behavior medically known to increase the risk of child and maternal mortality. Moreover … sons is also supported by child fostering patterns in which daughters are substitutes for foster girls, while the same does …

child-rearing. This paper investigates whether the micro-level evidence supports the hypothesis that Vietnamese parents are … traditional measures of household education investments. To assess the quantity-quality tradeoff, the paper instruments for family … size using the distance to the nearest family planning center. IV estimation results based on data from the Vietnam …