"Among the perceived inputs in the production' of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical … literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a family. However, there is little causal …. These findings suggest the need to revisit economic models of fertility and child production', focusing not only on …

with the child led to a 2.7 percentage points decline in high school dropout and a 5% increase in wages at age 30. For …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … months and family income was unaffected. The increased time with the child led to a 2.7 percentage points decline in high …