examine the impact of environment on children's outcomes. The behavioral genetics model is the workhorse of this literature … transmission of income and education to their children …

parents and children, and even among children in different age groups. Having different insurance sources, or a mix of insured … in eligibility thresholds for adults and children are associated with mismatched patterns of insurance coverage. Using … mismatch over time and their relationship to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program income eligibility …

predictions using Israeli data on intellectually gifted and intellectually disabled children. Because families with an exceptional …Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … predicts that a positive (negative) shock to child endowment increases (decreases) parental demand for children. We test these …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …

A long literature in economics concerns itself with differential allocations of resources to different children within … the family unit. In a study of approximately 1,500 very disadvantaged families with children in Boston, Chicago, and San … “insecurity,” are found across children of different ages and genders. Using answers to unique survey questions for a specific …