the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with …Recent empirical research in family economics has shown the importance of parental investments on child's human capital … development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using …

alcohol induced health conditions. We also critically test for reverse causality by estimating fertility responses to the … health of existing children. We conclude that the effects on health are not severely biased; however, the large negative … birth-order effects on infant mortality are partly due to endogenous fertility responses. Overall our results suggest that …

test for reverse causality by estimating fertility responses to the health of existing children. We conclude that the … to endogenous fertility responses. Overall our results suggest that birth order effects are due to differential parental … investment because parents' time and resources are limited. …

decrease the desire for additional children among adult children in the family. Furthermore, our analysis shows that personal …This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and fertility decisions in China, utilizing a … selection bias. Our research provides insights into the dynamic impact of parental health shocks on fertility decisions. These …

We investigate the intergenerational effect of parental health shocks on the fertility choices of adult children in … fertility decisions for the first, second and third child among adult children. The economic constraints inferred from this … study have notable implications on the reduced fertility behavior of adult children, thereby affecting their entire …