bereavement has important consequences for children's long-term capital accumulation in terms of both health and education. These …-sex children from the detrimental effects of orphanhood, suggesting that risks are not equally shared within households. The second …

corrected for interalia constraints on time. Time needed to care for children (and other dependants) is a constraint on … available time. The capability approach will seek to compute the cost of children (and other special needs) by identifying moral …

I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use … enrolment rates. Instrumental variable estimates show that the effect of household income on children's school enrolment is much …

The term 'family gap' refers to differences in income between households with children and households without children …

children and childless families. Families with children, regardless of having one or two parent, had very high rates of poverty …

In an age when there is considerable focus on the needs and rights of children, it is perhaps a little surprising that … parental income still mostly determines the standard of living that children enjoy. This has important implications, not just … in terms of overall levels of welfare for children, but also in terms of equity between children. This paper looks at the …