This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life … and family expectations help explain human capital choices. …

the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Imputing socioeconomic status of family of origin from first names, we document a …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …

first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …

reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more … countries have lower values of the World Economic Forum's Gender Equity Index, or lower female labor force participation rates …

Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact …. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this selection problem by looking within the family to exploit variation in …. -- migration ; father absence ; education ; gender …