worse outcomes irrespective of living conditions. Yet even with controls, the elderly who live with children do worse. This … is in sharp contrast to younger adults who live with children, likely their own, whose life evaluation is no different in … the presence of the child once background conditions are controlled for. Parents, like elders, have enhanced negative …

the poor have more children than the rich. Micro-data from 48 developing countries suggest that this phenomenon is very … the fertility transition based on changing preferences over the quality and quantity of children, and somewhat less so …

in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In particular, children in … India are shorter, on average, than children in Africa who are poorer, on average, a paradox which is often called the Asian … disease and stunt children's growth. I apply three complementary empirical strategies to Demographic and Health Survey data to …

This paper compares cooperation among Columbian and Swedish children aged 9-12. We illustrate the dynamics of the … prisoner’s dilemma in a new task that is easily understood by children and performed during a physical education class. We find … some evidence that children cooperate more in Sweden than in Colombia. Girls in Colombia are less cooperative than boys …

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …

, and rates of immunization for children born between 1988 and 2005. We find deterioration in nearly all of these dimensions … seen the largest erosion in treatment for pregnant women and children. Using semi-parametric techniques, we can date the …

, and rates of immunization for children born between 1988 and 2005. We find deterioration in nearly all of these dimensions … seen the largest erosion in treatment for pregnant women and children. Using semi-parametric techniques, we can date the …

adults. We test if reciprocal behavior exists already among children 3-8 years old. Three simple anonymous allocation games … are conducted with 242 children. In a first stage, half of the children decide whether to give a bag of raisin to another … second stage the roles are reversed between the two children to test for reciprocal behavior. We find reciprocal behavior in …