Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in … different regions of the world. The fraction of gender inequality explained by child penalties varies systematically with … minuscule fraction of gender inequality. But as economies develop -- incomes rise and the labor market transitions from …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

deadweight loss as well as reapportioning surplus. Kearney (2023) argues that declining marriage means American children grow up … in less-resourced families. I suggest this decline may reflect shortfalls in "soft" skills needed to make marriage … efficient in an era when men are increasingly a source of family economic instability while women's outside options improve. I …

be associated with substantial positive satisfaction gains. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; children ; fertility …

income effects. The empirical literature indeed indicates that non-economic variables, such as age and gender, can have a … takes an evolutionary approach to the family. We show that this literature provides valuable guidance for modeling the … effects of age, sex and relatedness in the interactions among extended family members. The evolutionary literature has much to …

transition to marriage. The findings and their broader implications are discussed with reference to gender and the potential … couples at the transition to marriage and to parenthood. Each participant (N=400) responded to two brief vignettes depicting … explanatory role of income disparity in accounting for gender differences in access to household monetary resources. …