Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices that people make
throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists …

What are the effects of school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic on children's
education? Online education is an imperfect substitute for in-person learning, particularly for …

This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on
the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps …

The Handbook of the Economics of Education describes the research frontier in key topical
areas and sets the agenda for further work. Modern analysis in the economics of education …

In this paper we study the process of children's skill formation. The identification of this
process is challenging because children's skills are observed only through arbitrarily scaled …

I discuss economic and social sources of inequality and elaborate on the role of social
networks in inequality, economic immobility, and economic inefficiencies. The lens of social …

Abstract In Asian countries, especially China, household investments in children's human
capital have drawn considerable attention. In this paper, we examine the existence and …

Competitiveness and cooperativeness are important predictors of social and learning
outcomes at school. Drawing on evidence suggesting that contexts with high income …

Understanding economic behavior will be beneficial for students to manage their economy
and finances while they are living apart from their parents. This study aims to investigate the …

The behavioral revolution within economics has been largely driven by psychological
insights, with the sister sciences playing a lesser role. This study leverages insights from …