1 This study was supported by the Baltic Sea Foundation in Sweden (grant No. 31103), by the RSS (group research grant No. 1417/1999), and by the Estonian Science Foundation (grant No. 4629). We would also like to thank the participants of our study. Address for correspondence: Luule Mizera, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78-336, 50410 Tartu, Estonia. E-mail: [email protected]...

We explore an economy where number of children is endogenously determined and the cost of raising children is determined by the total number of children in the economy. We show that number of children will be too small compared to the social optimum and that the network effect may magnify the decline of “birthrate”. Our analysis demonstrates that public policies to increase birthrate must take ...

The present paper is an overview of studies examining the way family influences the development of delinquency in adolescents. The review focused on published papers dealing with the association of adolescent delinquency and their families. The association between family practices and juvenile delinquency, with potent predictive value is established and bidirectional effects exist. However the ...

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This paper outlines the risk of mental health disorders in adults with Down syndrome and considers the practical ways in which positive well-being can be promoted. It emphasises that prevention begins at birth and parents need to be alerted to positive child-rearing strategies from infancy.

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