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Parental investment in childhood and educational qualifications : can greater parential involvement mediate the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage?

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We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women derive utility from consumption and reproductive success,...