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 …

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 …