Understanding social aspects of parental well‐being is vital because parents' welfare has
implications not only for the parents themselves but also for child development, fertility, and …

Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and
socioemotional development, two key dimensions of human capital. However, children from …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most countries around the world have decided to
temporarily close educational institutions. However, learning has not stopped but is now fully …

El profesor de filosofía más famoso del mundo, analiza el fracaso del sistema meritocrático y
aborda la pregunta más importante de nuestra época:¿ qué ha sido del bien común? Las …

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 …

This paper documents a set of facts about the dramatic decline in birth rates in the United
States between 2007 and 2020 and explores possible explanations. The overall reduction in …

The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …

The COVID-19 crisis and its reverberations resulted in levels of economic distress
unprecedented since the 1930s. But COVID was a seismic social shock even for families …

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 …