This paper provides novel evidence on differences in health outcomes of children in religious and non … endogeneity of religiosity is accounted for. The empirical findings suggest that if both parents are religious, their religiosity … does not affect children's height-for-age, but increases children's body mass index and subjective health. Father …

, die Anzahl Kinder im Haushalt, das Haushaltseinkommen sowie der Besuch einer Bildungseinrichtung keinen Zusammenhang mit … Biologie und Vererbung, sondern die frühe Gen-Umwelt-Interaktion, nämlich die Eltern-Kind-Interaktion und frühkindliche …

to trust other people are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about … the responses of parents and their children. Exploring heterogeneity in the strength of transmission, we find that gender … based on risk and trust attitudes, which reinforces the impact of parents on children. Our results have potentially …

during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

transfers to their own parents in order to instill appropriate preferences in their children. This generates a derived demand … downpayments. We argue that parents provide help with downpayments in order to encourage the production of grandchildren, and that … such a subsidization emanates from the "demonstration effect:" a child's propensity to furnish parents with attention and …

beschrieben. Besonders eingegangen wird auf die Risikogruppen: Arbeitslose, Alleinerziehende, Ältere sowie Kinder und Jugendliche …

, especially among older children and children from less educated households. This supports a conjecture that emigration in … remittance-dependent economies in the world. The analysis of a unique threewave household panel survey reveals that emigration of … Tajikistan has a negative signaling effect on the education of children staying behind. …