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 …

, have a positive impact on children's math scores. This result is robust to the reverse causality issue that characterizes … the relationship between parental attitude and children's performance. We adopt an identification strategy that relies on … children's performance only through parents. We find that one additional score point in the origin country performance in math …

adopted and own birth children to obtain genetically unbiased estimates. Our results provide a much better insight on whether …

adopted and own birth children to obtain genetically unbiased estimates. Our results provide a much better insight on whether …

government physicians – can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children …

government physicians - can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children …

government physicians - can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children. -- Health inequality ; human capital formation ; childhood …

This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long …-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the …