, based on the 1977 Lesotho Fertility Survey. The study showed that infant mortality, despite an erratic trend, fell over time … important in infant survival than maternal education. Children born to mothers aged less than 20 and between 30-34 appeared to … have lower chances of survival than children born to mothers of other ages. Fourth or higher birth orders faced a higher …

a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents 'tax' their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …

children. But what if children also affect their parents' human capital? Using exogenous variation in education, arising from a …-sectional relationship between children's education and their parents' longevity. Our causal estimates tell a different story; children …Studies on the intergenerational transmission of human capital usually assume a one-way spillover from parents to …