among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …, 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 between …

invest in the human capital of parents and children. These decisions result from a variety of anticipated post-divorce …Concern about the high poverty rates experienced by children in female-headed households has led to policies aimed at …

channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The results … are approximately 4 less children born. Male job loss has no significant impact on completed fertility. …This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data …

In this paper we analyse the correlation between the level of education and the number of children in Italy. We select …. Our dependent variable is represented by the number of children ever born to each respondent. Since the number of children … analysis. First, we estimate the correlation between the female’s education and her number of children, and then we use also …

In this paper we have investigated the impact of the level of education on the number of children in Italy. We have … variable is represented by the number of children ever born to each respondent (and to his partner). Since the number of … children ever born (CEB) is a count variable, we have implemented three empirical models: Poisson, Zero-Truncated Poisson and …

This paper focuses on the evolution of child labour, fertility and human capital in an economy characterized by two … labour and fertility decisions. Furthermore, we investigate how child labour regulation policies can influence the welfare of …

Building on anthropological evidence, we develop a model of intra-household decision making on fertility and child …

The aim of this paper is to determine the significant variables in the fertility patterns of the Roma population in … are that a greater bargaining power of parents, with respect to their adult children, and a greater involvement of adult … children in the production of the family good, are major contributory factors in increasing the number of children. …

Divorce is, irrespective of the perspective of approaching the phenomenon from the point of view of the society … general. “Family” starts to have other forms than the “official” ones. Divorce is the last step in the process of erosion and … dissolution of the central axis of the family – the marital couple. Despite the fact that we have considered the divorce as the …