Children early in the birth order get more parental care than later children. Does this significantly affect their life …

outcomes; Early and sustained investment in children and families can help. …

estimation sample are young. For these children overall, the estimate is 0.253. Our comparable estimate for the USA is 0 … varies greatly by child age when wealth is observed, from 0.1 before age 30, to 0.5 after age 40. Most children in our …

This paper studies intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities from parents to children. We create a measure … results concerning the role of parental cognitive transition during adult life. We nd that children bene t not only from the …

to stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children … up with more skilled partners and more skilled children. Exploiting college expansions, we find that better college … access increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support …

stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data … more skilled partners and more skilled children. Exploiting college expansions, we find that better college access … increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion …

stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data … more skilled partners and more skilled children. Exploiting college expansions, we find that better college access … increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion …