We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and …

This study argues that parents have a desire for dividing equally between their children, and that this motive applies … to the child or the children with greatest needs. When parents are drawn between these two ambitions, the degree of … income compensation should be stronger in one-child families and we expect the altruism motive to dominate the equal division …

environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …

Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

adult children and their parents. We then examine whether differences in family structure affect the amount of informal care … adult children provide to their elderly parents. Lastly, we look for cross-country differences in family location and … insights into how family-related and institutional factors shape patterns of time transfers from adult children to elderly …

intergenerational transmission of education. We test whether education transmission is higher when children enter kindergarten and …

Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based …

performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students … performance and change in major. And in the long run it did not produce any difference in income or labor market outcomes. We do …

first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students’ computer skills and may increase the …