We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin …

Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market … children from one of China's poorest provinces, we find that both cognitive and noncognitive skills, measured when children are … schooling, there is no strong evidence that skills measured in childhood predict wages in the early years of labor market …

of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing …

relationship. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing productivities, and savings …

of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing …

Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has … in the analysis at the state level. In general, girls experience gender discrimination especially from age 10 onwards …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …

based on data derived from the PISA 2009 database, the presented findings show that the vast majority of this gender …

Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market … children from one of China's poorest provinces, we find that both cognitive and noncognitive skills, measured when children are … schooling, there is no strong evidence that skills measured in childhood predict wages in the early years of labor market …