. Yet the family (and decision-making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue … that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics, and that accounting for the family leads to new answers … fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

We provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure among low-income women by …, we analyze the effects of 1990s welfare reforms on family structure categories that incorporate the biological status of … the male. Like past work, we find that most policies did not affect family structure. However, we do find that several …

behavior. I find substantial change across periods in recipiency, large differences across children within the family, and a …

needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low …. We find some evidence that the credit reduced medical hardships, reduced reliance on friends and family for food, and …

, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, earnings, income and poverty, and family formation. While no single … family earnings. The result was a rise in total family income and a decline in poverty. The gains from the 1996 reforms were … after controlling for economic forces. These policies also appeared to have an impact on family structure …

childbearing on subsequent educational attainment, family structure, labor market outcomes and financial self-sufficiency. In …

. Both issues are analyzed within the context of a formal model of family labor supply, in which returns to schooling accrue … altruism was weak may have eliminated much of the apparent increase in family income due to higher child earnings. We end with …