parental preferences regarding inequality in the distribution of their children's quality and on how costly it is for parents …We take advantage of recent advances in behavioral genetics to revisit a classic question in economics: how do parents … respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on …

occupational outcomes, marriage, and fertility that are similar across census waves. Our results indicate that the returns to …

occupational outcomes, marriage, and fertility that are similar across census waves. Our results indicate that the returns to …

decreases in children's education and increases in boys' criminal behavior. …

, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed between … partners and children are a household public good, there is a conflict between individually optimal and efficient, i.e. surplus …

acknowledged, but relatively little is known about how educational investments by parents may respond to children's non …-cognitive characteristics. This paper evaluates the parental response to non-cognitive variation across siblings in rural Gansu province, China … for differences between their children, investing more in a child who exhibits greater non-cognitive deficits, while less …

acknowledged, but relatively little is known about how educational investments by parents may respond to children’s non …-cognitive characteristics. This paper evaluates the parental response to non-cognitive variation across siblings in rural Gansu province, China … for differences between their children, investing more in a child who exhibits greater non-cognitive deficits, while less …

male earnings and the incomes of parents with young children. The empirical results are broadly consistent with theories …Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and … experiment to study the effect of sex ratios on the children and grandchildren of immigrants. The flow of immigrants affected the …

small-scale survey data to examine sorting among parents of school-age children in Naples. We show that homogamy is … relates to various "outcomes" of the post-matching relationship. Children of parents with a high human capital endowment …