Despite significant educational expansion, Mexico's educational attainment rates are
relatively low. Though primary school enrollment is at nearly 100%, less than half of young …

Despite progress toward gender equality in education in Bangladesh, its female labor force
participation (FLFP) rate has been stagnant relative to that of men, especially in marginal …

Despite a steady economic growth for last two decades and various public health policies
aimed at improving children's health, almost 60% of Indian children below age five were …

With the acceleration of globalization and the widening income gap between highincome
countries and so-called developing countries, migration from the latter to the former is …

This article examines the role of gender heterogeneity in inter-generational transmission of
learning efficiency, a proxy for scholastic ability. We use primary survey data of 1000 …

This paper examines how parental risk aversion influences child investments. Using an
experimental measure of risk aversion from the Mexican Family Life Survey, I find that boys …

Does exposure to civil war during childhood affect women's later-life intra-household
decision-making power? This paper examines the long-term effects of early-life exposure to …

Labour migration has been a common livelihood strategy. Moreover, migration of women is
not a new phenomenon, although it has recently begun to be more widely recognized as a …

Motivation In most families around the world, women are children's primary caregivers. An
improvement in women's status, besides being vital in its own right, has significant positive …

Exposure to community violence is a pervasive development challenge. I study the effects of
violent crime on intra-household resource allocation and bargaining power exploiting the …