One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of children. However … unobserved parental ability. In the end, family income still has a significant effect, which must therefore be causative. It …

older) who were likely providing informal and unenumerated labor for market production in support of a family business, that … is, unreported family workers. These individuals are identified as not having a reported occupation, but are likely to be … working on the basis of the self-employment occupation of other relatives in their households. Family workers are classified …

Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and … (EITC) over the last two decades. The largest of these changes increased family income by as much as 20%, or approximately … disadvantaged families and are robust to a variety of alternative specifications. -- family income ; poverty ; educational …