We take advantage of recent advances in behavioral genetics to revisit a classic question in economics: how do parents respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on parental preferences regarding inequality in the...

One of the potential explanations for the well-documented school participation deficitassociated with disabilities is that parents underinvest in the education of disabled children.Alternatively, inequality averse parents may reduce the education gap associatedwith disabilities. This paper...

We take advantage of recent advances in behavioral genetics to revisit a classic question in economics: how do parents respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on parental preferences regarding inequality in the...