to the highest level of occupation and as such many of the participants' parents have their combined monthly income at … assurance that one could get a high paying job; however, educated parents still send their children to school despite their …This study examined the socioeconomic status (SES) of the participants' parents, family structure, family size and the …

-generation immigrants and second-generation immigrants whose parents arrived shortly before birth. For most outcomes considered, I find that … distinct as often thought. I also use the measure assess whether parents' host country experience before a child's birth … performance of late-arriving first-generation children. …

's cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …, on the other hand, parental employment reduces the amount of time parents spend with their children. …, especially those of mothers with young children. This trend has triggered an intense debate about its implications for children …

by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin … outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at …