continuities in household composition. In particular, households in the pre-industrial era were no more likely than present … resulted in a household composition which resembles that produced by early widowhood in the seventeenth century. Nor has the … to illustrate household types. The paper concludes by suggesting that a standard set of tables should be agreed upon and …

Disposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using Family Budget Survey data, increased very …

parenthood varies with a number of characteristics of a woman and her family. In particular, we find that lone mothers with a job …

educational achievements of individuals, as well as many aspects of family background, including birth order, number of sisters …

capture her direct family experience. We find that both variables are significant determinants of fertility, even after … controlling for several individual and family-level characteristics. …