Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact … that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes … have no effect on the educational outcomes of children who are at least 20 because they have already completed their …

-school and elementary school age. We find no effect on high school completion for women, suggesting availability of non …

In many societies, men work for more hours and acquire higher wages if they have sons versus daughters. Gender bias …, higher returns to male children's human capital, and higher costs of raising male children are hypothesized to explain this … show that a different institutional setting may make men respond to their children's gender differently. We study men …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …

drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. …

, suggesting that father absence does not play a major role in determining children's educational outcomes. Instead, these results …

This paper explores the relationship between self-employment, partner's employment, the household and children on a … countries. Other effects such as human capital, household income, presence of grandmothers and number of young children indicate …

born children and in families with fewer sons. We then study the son preference-specific girl-penalty in early cognitive …