fertility. We address this problem by using an exogenous variation in family size caused by infertility shocks, mainly related …The negative association between fertility and female labour market participation is complicated by the endogeneity of … to the fact that nature prevents some women from achieving their desired fertility levels. Despite a widely documented …

In a unique study Harbaugh, Krause and Vesterlund (2002), reported the interesting result that children exhibit … different probability weighting to adults. In particular, children underweighted small probabilities. An objective of this paper … is to re-examine this issue employing children respondents from a different ethnic background. Overall, our results for …

follows the approach described in EPA’s 2008 report, The Approach Used for Estimating Changes in Children’s IQ from Lead Dust … indicate that children living below the poverty level are more likely to live where dust lead levels exceed the alternative … standard compared to children living above the poverty level. …

specifications of children's activities and mothers' employment are estimated on survey data drawn from the National Family Health …Purpose – This paper aims to study the relation between the employment of mothers and the activities of children with … Survey 1998-1999 for all India. The joint specification combines four states of children aged 6-14 (studying, working in the …

detailed work and fertility histories from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to estimate the effect of parents' job … explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers and also the … first to consider whether there are any harmful effects for children who are not yet born when the separation occurs. I use …

This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …

There is a high degree of sex-typing in young children's occupational aspirations and this has consequences for … formation. This study analyzes the determinants of sex-typed occupational aspirations amongst British children aged between 11 …-economic resources have on the scope of children‘s occupational aspirations, 2) children's direct imitation of parental occupations, and …

There is a high degree of sex-typing in young children's occupational aspirations and this has consequences for … amongst British children aged between 11 and 15. We specify different mechanisms involved in the transmission of sex …: 1) the effect that parental socio-economic resources have on the scope of children's occupational aspirations, 2 …