affluent families; time use evidence indicates that this is likely because affluent parents are more involved in their children …

standard school-based samples, tests were administered to current students as well as to children no longer - or never … poor and wealthy children will also close most of the gap in cognitive skills between these groups …

investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the … children quantity-quality trade-off proposed by Becker that has been investigated only for a few countries because of data … limitations. We investigate this issue for Italy - even in the absence of Census data relating family of origin to children …

children age 5 to 18 years in the American Community Survey, 2005-2011. Two groups of children are considered: those born in … the US (native born) and foreign-born children who immigrated prior to age 14 (the 1.5 generation). The analyses are … bilingualism, while a higher level of parental education tends to decrease it. Children of Asian and especially of Hispanic origin …

preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in children's health and education … children, but is positive and significant for women without children. The effects on both education and labour income are …