Evolutionary theory and empirical studies suggest that many animals, including humans,
have a genetic predisposition to acquire and retain property. This is hardly surprising …

Using data from the June 1980 Current Population Survey, Morgan, Lye, and Condran
(1988) reported that families with a daughter have a higher divorce risk than families with a …

There is a negative correlation between quantity and quality of children across countries and
across households within a country. However, because parents simultaneously choose the …

Recent research indicates that the United States Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade was
a major contributing factor to the significant drop in crime during the 1990s. This paper …

This paper contributes to the literature on the effects of maternal labor market participation
by examining the impact of having a working mother on sons' and daughters' educational …

From 1989 to 1996 the number of children receiving benefits from the federal Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) program increased by 260 percent to 955,000. Some recent work has …

The Causes of Poor Infant Health in the United States by Heather North Royer BA (Pomona
College) 1996 A dissertation submitted Page 1 The Causes of Poor Infant Health in the United …

This paper examines the effects of the sex composition of older siblings on educational
choices of children from four ethnic minority groups in Denmark, and the appropriateness of …

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 …

One empirical regularity across many societies is “hypergamy”–the tendency for women to
marry up–with respect to social status, education, income, and other characteristics …