child's human capital? Most parents whose children receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits overestimate the … likelihood that their child will receive SSI benefits in adulthood. Reducing parents' expectations that children will receive … benefits in adulthood does not increase investments in children's human capital. This zero effect is precisely estimated …

compare mothers' and fathers' willingness to pay (WTP) for specific goods for their children, diverging from the previous … literature's approach of comparing the expenditure effects of mothers' versus fathers' income. Our method, which we apply in … children. We find that fathers have a lower WTP for their daughters' human capital than their sons' human capital, whereas …