Even in countries where there is a male-biased sex ratio, it is still possible for the marriage market to be balanced … at marriage, fertility rate, and sex ratio at birth, we rank countries according to the Missing Brides Index. …

education also requires to tax births. Indeed, education subsidies decrease the net cost of children such that parents can … subsidy on health expenditures because it decreases the cost of health relatively to the cost of the quantity of children … discussed in the light of family policies implemented in China and Sub-Saharan Africa. …

are assumed to decrease the time that parents spend on their children. The model shows that gender discrimination may …This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a general … equilibrium model with endogenous fertility, endogenous labor supply and endogenous size of government spending. Family policies …

fewer children than a woman in a monogamous relationship as long as the preference for reproduction relative to consumption … monogamous or polygynous relationship, produces more children as polygyny becomes more prevalent in her neighborhood. We …

cultural structure of the population is endogenously determined by a cultural evolution mechanism. The fertility rates …

income elasticities are estimated on a matching of a French Family Budget and a Time Use survey. The utility and home …

goods bought at the market with individuals' time. We apply our model to new and unique data on Dutch couples with children … domestically produced goods (including children's welfare). Next, Pareto weights depend on variables like the individual wages and … more for their children than fathers. …