the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are …

Grandparents act as the third biggest care giver besides day care and parental care for children below the age of 6 in … children's non-cognitive outcomes and parental well-being. To capture heterogeneous effects on different dimensions of children … panel data set, we analyze age-specific effects for families with children below the age of 11. Our preliminary results …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is …

emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the … discussed. -- productivity ; high school dropout ; ability gaps ; family influence ; noncognitive skills ; early interventions …