between birth order and investment in children. It shows that a birth order effect in intrahousehold allocation can arise even … without assumptions about parental preferences for specific birth orders of children or genetic endowments varying by birth … intrahousehold allocation have ignored. The implications of the model are that children with higher birth orders (that is, who are …

between birth order and investment in children. It shows that a birth order effect in intrahousehold allocation can arise even … without assumptions about parental preferences for specific birth order children or genetic endowments varying by birth order … allocation have ignored. The implications of the model are that children with higher birth orders, i.e. are born later, have an …

contributions, a lump-sum redistribution from fathers to mothers may make children better off, but both parents worse off, or vice … state) contributions to children's expenses. Individuals internalize these valuations. I examine a Cournot model of … voluntary contribution to children's goods in a two-adult household, where both spouses may have marginal rates of substitution …

In this article we analyse the impact of spousal preference expectations on mothers' willingness to invest in children … sharing, uncertainty is created which decreases cooperation by mothers by reducing their willingness to invest in children …’s food/nutrition and health/medical expenses. We use a survey conducted in Karnataka, South India, where women with children …