We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … associated with lower fertility, particularly for natives. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference in …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions … reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more …

respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on … parental preferences regarding inequality in the distribution of their children's quality and on how costly it is for parents … to add to their children's quality by investing in their human capital (or the price effect). Our empirical strategy …

individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of …We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on …

children do not reflect the true extent of son preference in high fertility countries such as Pakistan, where the success of … preference on fertility behaviour in Pakistan, accurate measurement of the forms this gender bias can take is necessary to … measure of son preference called 'gender preferences at birth' (GPB) is presented. GPB combines stated fertility preferences …

How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced … bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …