of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. … lower for less-educated women. As regards family formation, utility gains and losses from the first child are insignificant …

We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin …

influence on their spouse’s decision to work, as do the number of children and the birth of a new child. The fact that the … presence of children increases the participation of men and reduces the participation of women suggests that the added …

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the work and family structure incentives of public assistance … more consistent with policy goals. And it discovers linkages between work and family structure incentives that may be … that allows interested readers to extend the analysis for the complete set of program participation/family characteristics …

parents should direct their assistance to less well off children. Analogously, under an exchange motive we expect support to … be channeled to children who live nearby their parents. We assess the relevance of the two transfer motives using the PRI …Through an investigation of parental motives, this paper examines how parents decide on the allocation of their …

. We find that (1) coordination results in more synchronized work hours. (2) the presence of children is the main cause why …