We describe the joint permanent health distribution of parents and children in Germany using 25 years of data from the …

outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin … different way. Men with brothers earn more and are more likely to get married and have children than men with sisters. Women …

This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools … is measured by the school's average achievement test score at age 12. Our results indicate that children in high …

, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

Language proficiency is a crucial skill for immigrants that influences their social integration and their children …'s development. This study examines the intergenerational effects of limited English proficiency (LEP) on children's health and … strong and positive effect on children's health care costs, but no effect on their physical or mental health. A lack of …

children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the … outcomes of their children, and when controlling for parental education and economic resources. Child test scores are also …