children born years after the conflict ended. We show that the adverse effects of violent conflict are transmitted from one … children born to parents who were of prime marriage age (14-29) during the time that the KR was in power. Using mortality rates … the sex ratio for the parents' generation, the likelihood of children exhibiting normal grade progression reduces by 6 …

This paper examines the relationship between the female labour force participation rate and total fertility rate for …-run structural estimation. The paper's main findings are that the female labour force participation rate and total fertility rate are … cointegrated for the panel of G7 countries; that long-run Granger causality runs from the total fertility rate to the female labour …

In most developing countries children provide some form of insurance against risks when parents are old, which, in turn …, justifies parental preference to have more children. In this paper, we examine the causal effect of number of children on … number of children in a family is not exogenously determined, we use a natural experiment (variations in China’s one child …

to primary education during civil conflicts decreases educational attainment and earnings, increases fertility and has …

to primary education during civil conflicts decreases educational attainment and earnings, increases fertility and has …

programs that benefit children's education could bring both short- and long-term gains, not only directly to the affected … children, but also indirectly to their siblings. …