steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses …

-being, and renewed focus on effective policy interventions to aid disadvantaged children, we study a cohort of children born in a …

Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing … determinant of cognitive ability. We find that parents invest more in high ability children, with a one standard deviation …

-being, and renewed focus on effective policy interventions to aid disadvantaged children, we study a cohort of children born in a …

How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of … to a better understanding of children's long run outcomes. This paper uses a large dataset on the male population of … resulting from twin births have negative effects on the IQ of existing children …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education and earnings … earlier born children have higher IQs …

analysis of mechanisms reveals that the intervention modified the production function of children's skills, by lowering the …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is …