whether i) the parents control their fertility or not, ii) they value their children or not. Second, it investigates the …

The birth of children often shifts the power balance within a family. If family decisions are made according to the … birth of children may differ from the ex-ante optimal choice. In a model of cooperative decision making within a family, we …

Given that young children are under the control of their parents, if the government has an interest in either the …

in the usual way, and an unconventional one allowing them to qualify for a pension by having children, and investing time …

, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed among … effects of policy variables such as rights of access to children post-separation and wealth division/alimony rules, as well as …

children. From this, should we infer that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? In this paper, we develop a non … spend more on children, even when they have exactly the same preferences as their husbands. However, this does not …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap …. College educated women marry later, have fewer children, are less likely to view marriage as “financial security”, are happier …