children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background. …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background. …

We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother's children in late adolescence and … adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children's mental health. To … causal protective effect of maternal education on children's mental health. Instead, our empirical results suggest a moderate …

parents and decreased attainment among individuals with educated parents. The effect is driven entirely by changes in the …

-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants' economic self-sufficiency and family … welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …

educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …

first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation …

children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic downturn, coupled with increased unemployment, affects children …'s education attainment negatively. In terms of monetary units, the average effect of the 1993 German recessionon children … conclusion is that children who live in regions that experience poor economic performance over longer periods are, on average …