Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing … determinant of cognitive ability. We find that parents invest more in high ability children, with a one standard deviation … implications for education policy. -- children ; cognitive ability ; parental investment ; handedness …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

In this paper we report on the trade-offs that 1,068 Australian university students make between absolute income and … the rank of that income in hypothetical income distributions. We find that income rank matters independently of absolute … income, with greater weight given to rank by males, migrants, and individuals from wealthy families. Rank …

their parents value more traditional cultural outcomes? Building on Akerlof and Kranton's identity framework (2000), we … consequence of reducing their well-being, since identity-concerned parents will constrain their daughter's choices. The model can … children born in Germany after January 1, 2000. Using survey data we collected in 57 schools in Germany and comparing those …

domain satisfactions and Subjective Well-Being by objectively measurable variables such as income. We estimate a model for …