This paper reviews a diverse literature on gender and higher education. Gender inequality is
more pronounced in some aspects of the educational systems than in others. The analysis …

In the United States, parents prefer a child of each gender, and on many dimensions parents
tend to treat sons and daughters similarly. However, fathers' investments appear to be …

The resource dilution model posits that parental resources are finite and that as the number
of children in the family increases, the resources accrued by any one child necessarily …

▪ Abstract Until recently, social scientists were headed to consensus over the impact of the
structural parameters of the sibling group, especially size and birth order, on educational …

Growth in the education of the labor force is one of the most important determinants of
economic growth, and the distribution by sex is a key determinant of gender inequality. In …

This study examines cross-sectional differences in fathers' involvement with their adolescent
chidren, using data from the National Survey of Children. The analysis focuses on 184 sib …

The equity heuristic is a decision rule specifying that parents should attempt to subdivide
resources more or less equally among their children. This investment rule coincides with the …

When capital and labor markets are imperfect, choice sets narrow, and parents must choose
how to ration available funds and time between their children. One consequence is that …

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic
success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health-the …

In this paper, I examine the relationship between sibling sex composition and educational
achievement. First, I replicate the study of Butcher and Case (1994) using data on a more …