characteristics. I carefully address the problem of endogenous fertility, which is common in cohort studies. Because most rural … children. Estimating within households, I instrument cohort characteristics with those of the nonsibling (exogenous) portion. I … find that children with larger (or more predominantly male) cohorts of vaccine-eligible age are significantly more likely …

describes the income diversification patterns of Peruvian households with young children (aged between 6 and 18 months … communities who have no young children. The authors explore links between income diversification strategies, household assets, the …

invest in the human capital of parents and children. These decisions result from a variety of anticipated post-divorce …Concern about the high poverty rates experienced by children in female-headed households has led to policies aimed at …

altering bargaining positions and raising concerns about post-divorce financial instability. Existing findings on restricted …

altering bargaining positions and raising concerns about post-divorce financial instability. Existing findings on restricted …

Research on child custody primarily focuses on the well-being of children following divorce. We extend this literature … by examining how the prospect of joint child custody affects marriage-specific investment in children’s private … provides a natural experiment framework with which to examine marriage-specific investment in children. The probability of …

rely on both remittances in cash and in kind. As such, placing children in service was also a source of income for peasant …

individual and market labor supply and marital outcomes, including bargaining power, polygamy, marriage contract, divorce and … fertility. Parts 3 and 4 consider some implications of the theory for the study of sex ratio effects and compensating … differentials in marriage. Part 5 provides further applications to the study of cohabitation, divorce, and polygamy. Part 6 examines …

individual and market labor supply and marital outcomes, including bargaining power, polygamy, marriage contract, divorce and … fertility. Parts 3 and 4 consider some implications of the theory for the study of sex ratio effects and compensating … differentials in marriage. Part 5 provides further applications to the study of cohabitation, divorce, and polygamy. Part 6 examines …