eating, and smoking). Control variables included age, notable changes in status (life events such as having children or …-related behaviors, age, children, employment, stress, and health). BMI after separation was largely comparable to BMI before starting …

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the … opposite direction? This paper shows that the behavior of family structure variables over the life cycle dramatically changes …

family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the … opposite direction? This paper shows that the behavior of family structure variables over the life cycle dramatically changes …