Transfers, bequests and human capital Investment in children over the lifecycle
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Parental investments in children can take many forms. It can involve time investments during childhood and adolescence that aid child development, educational investments that improve school quality and hence educational outcomes and cash investments in the form of transfers and bequests. The aim of this paper is to investigate the quantitative significance of these types of investments in driving inequalities over the lifecycle.
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