Showing 171 - 180 of 235,263
We consider a case where some of the parents have higher ability to raise children than others. First-best policy gives both types of parents the same level of utility. If parental actions are not fully observable, however, the policy maker has to take into account the incentive-compatibility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319897
children vis-à-vis home production. This paper finds that, similarly to higher-income countries, there is a positive education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661860
Recent empirical research in family economics has shown the importance of parental investments on child's human capital development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731946
Time use surveys show that households with very young children spend more time in child care and work less. Also, college-educated parents spend more time with their off springs. Finally, cognitive test scores are intergenerationally correlated. I build a model of parental choices and both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148119
overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational attainment. Exposure to a primary education program mitigates … impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not … fathers) has adverse impacts on child growth, survival, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For mother and child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716133
overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational attainment. Exposure to a primary education program mitigates … impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not … fathers) has adverse impacts on child growth, survival, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For mother and child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948574
other relevant forces such as income, education and children’s survival as well as the spatial correlation in fertility … income shocks. Identification relies on fertility differences between farm and non-farm households within counties and over … time. The results suggest that in areas with a high variance in rainfall the fertility differential between farm households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745641
fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that countrywide tariff reductions varied across … reduced fertility rate mostly in rural areas. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472042
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014275980