, we constructed a unique data set of family trees and business groups for nearly 100 of the largest business families in … Thailand. We find a strong positive association between family size and family involvement in the ownership and control of the … family business. The sons of the founders play a central role in both ownership and board membership, especially when the …

. 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 examine the interaction between three kinds of concentrated owners commonly found in an emerging market: family …

control rights and involvement of the owning family and founder: CEOs of firms with greater family involvement have more … also see their role as maintaining the status quo rather than bringing about change. In contrast, professional CEOs of non-family … arrangements in how intensively family members are involved in management …

This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low … throughout the life cycle. Although effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning … among studies finding significant effects). Family planning programs may also have quantitatively modest - but practically …

level. First, we estimate the impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on small and medium sized enterprise (SME) business …

This handbook chapter focuses on important interactions between the family and culture. We discuss the wide range of … global variation in family institutions, variation which is in part sustained by cultural differences, and important recent … changes in family structures. The chapter discusses why different family institutions arise, when they persist, and what …

family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …