We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

The aim of this paper is to study the short and long-term fertility effects of mass violent conflict on different … genocide in Rwanda, identifying conflict exposure of the survivors in multiple ways. The analysis finds a robust effect of … genocide on fertility, with a strong replacement effect for lost children. Having lost siblings reduces fertility only in the …

mating plays an important role. On average about 40-50 percent of the covariancebetween parents' and own permanent family …

Financial support for families with children implies inherent trade-offs some of which are less obvious than others. In … the system of financial support for families with children. We focus on: 1) the trade-off between redistribution of income … consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform. …

assessment of consequences of family related policies in the area of labor market and fertility. We set these models in the … levels among families with children. …

In this paper, we investigate the intergenerational transmission of smoking behavior from parents to their children … evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases the probability that their children likewise become smokers. Youths … influencing youth smoking outside from the family context. Thus policies targeted at reducing juvenile smoking may fail, if …

" (time and material support),family background, and literacy and numeracy test scores. I find that although preexisting … are less likely to be employed(true primarily for males) or to have children (females) early in their lives. Evidence …

trigger of change in gender roles. Second, there is little flexibility to negotiate responsibilities within the household …. Third, the local marriage market impacts the division of labor. Young, unmarried women engage more intensely in typical … female activities when the shortage of men is severe. Conforming to the female gender role may be a strategy to improve their …

In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than … belief that French high income families with children face lower average tax rates than their German counterparts is true …, however not due to the French Family splitting but rather to the different definitions of taxable incomes in both countries …

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are … and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio … part of gender differences in remittance behavior. Second, employing gender interaction terms for the social network …