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 gradient. They interpret this pattern as discrimination against later birth-order children in India. This paper … household wellbeing can account for the empirical findings of both studies: A mother having higher fertility, rather than lower …, equivalently, its mother's fertility) is an omitted variable in Jayachandran and Pande's analysis of birth order effects. Resolving …