environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …

Head Start, is associated with higher consumption of fruits and vegetables. Among children from single-mother households … a week to four to six times a week. Among children from two-parent households, eating vegetables one additional time a … of effect is found to be marginal and is statistically significant among children from two-parent households only. Data …

Parents invest in their children’s human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and …. We test the hypothesis of parentchild time as a form of human capital investment in children using a propensity score …Eltern investieren in ihre Kinder auf unterschiedliche Weise. Wir untersuchen wie das Ausmaß und die Zusammensetzung …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …