This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income … countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children …; and concludes with a summary suggesting some positive impacts of parental investments on children's human capital in LMICs …

order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … familylevel factors. In a sample of families with two to four children, we find statistically significant and quantitatively …-born siblings are healthier than the first-born child, and increase with birth order. Consequently, first-born children are more …

order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … familylevel factors. In a sample of families with two to four children, we find statistically significant and quantitatively …-born siblings are healthier than the first-born child, and increase with birth order. Consequently, first-born children are more …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … precipitation at the time of the accident. We find robust empirical evidence of compensating investment behavior by parents in …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … precipitation at the time of the accident. We find robust empirical evidence of compensating investment behavior by parents in …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. We interpret … capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects, we can rely on exogenous variation in … of the long-term effects of early-life shocks on children. These estimates should only be interpreted as reduced …