This paper examines the design of optimal family policies when chil- dren have unequal needs (in terms of material goods and parental time), leading to heterogeneous preferences, and have parents with unequal de- grees of altruism. We examine the issue of interpersonal well-being com- parisons...

The increasing incidence of ADHD diagnosis and its uneven prevalence across demographic groups has sparked debates about misdiagnosis. We use data on individuals' genetic predisposition to ADHD from the Add Health survey of U.S. schools to uncover relative standards in ADHD diagnosis. We...

The increasing incidence of ADHD diagnosis and its uneven prevalence across demographic groups has sparked debates about misdiagnosis. We use data on individuals' genetic predisposition to ADHD from the Add Health survey of U.S. schools to uncover relative standards in ADHD diagnosis. We...