This paper uses variation created by parental deaths in the amount of time children spend with each parent to examine … children who lost one parent during childhood, we find a series of striking patterns which show that the relationship is … largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in …

This paper uses variation created by parental deaths in the amount of time children spend with each parent to examine … children who lost one parent during childhood, we find a series of striking patterns which show that the relationship is … largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in …

allowing the marginal effects on children's outcomes of an increase in family income to vary across the income distribution …. Our nonlinear IV and fixed-effect estimates show an increasing, concave relationship between family income and children …

own consumption and children's wellbeing, estimation is complicated by endowment heterogeneity and by the fact that … parents may compensate or reinforce children's endowments relevant to educational attainment. A sibling difference estimation … childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in …

own consumption and children's wellbeing, estimation is complicated by endowment heterogeneity and by the fact that … parents may compensate or reinforce children's endowments relevant to educational attainment. A sibling difference estimation … childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in …

migrate to the United States and leave their children behind. Then, after the parent(s) have achieved some degree of stability … in the United States, the children follow. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, we examined the hypothesis that … separation during migration results in problems at school after re-unification. We find that children separated from parents …

This article investigates the long-term effects of parental migration abroad on the schooling of children left behind … in Albania. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically, the lack of parental care may cause … relational and psychological problems that may affect children's welfare in the long-term. The phenomenon of children left behind …