This study is concerned with the roots of environmentalism in young people in Britain and in particular the role parents play in the formation of deep green political attitudes in their children. Using a series of multiple logistic regressions on a pooled sample of children aged 11 to 16...

Does who makes government policy matter to CEOs? Using data on the birthplace of US CEOs, I show that CEOs who were born in blue (Democrat) states display overconfidence when there is a Democratic president, whereas CEOs who were born in red (Republican) states display overconfidence when there...

"This book address issues on children's rights and social justice from global experiences, different contexts, and brings about deeper understanding of existing trends and challenges in our conceptions of childhood in a dynamic world. It provides in-depth discussions and relevant theoretical...

Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed. Even if there is no direct impact of microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact...

This paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental background on child health. We are particularly concerned with the extent to which their finding that income effects on child health are the result of spurious correlation rather than some causal mechanism. A...