We present direct evidence on the link between children’s patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …

data set. In particular, this alternative estimator allows us to exploit the information on children with no siblings in … for the time-invariant variables such as race and maternal education. This would not be feasible with the usual mother …

Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK … children's development up to the age of seven. Estimating production functions for cognitive, social, and socio …

. -- intergenerational mobility ; education ; causation ; selection ; identification …

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children’s socio-emotional skills. The classroom …-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely … to complete academic high school and enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …

Children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to benefit more from early child care, but are substantially less … care for lower-SES children. In our RCT in Germany with highly subsidized child care (n > 600), treated families receive …

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of preferences between parents and their children, examining … Italian households (parents with children 14-20 years of age) our analysis reveals a significant and positive correspondence … between parents' and children's preferences. The results indicate that sharing information strengthens the transmission of …