-U function of marriage duration, reaches its maximum when children are in their teens, and declines thereafter. We use our …This paper bridges two distinct areas of inquiry: the economic theory of the family and behavioral research on time …-inconsistent preferences. In our model, hyperbolic discounting couples engage in household production activities, thereby accumulating family …

-monotonic relationship between the gender wage gap and domestic violence. We explore the implication of this result in the context of various … households. -- instrumental partner-violence ; non-cooperative family decision-making ; welfare policy …

whether and when to have children. Decisions regarding fertility are influenced by policy and labor market factors that affect … the earnings opportunities of mothers and the costs of raising children. We show how observed dierences in these economic …

children. They were more likely to remain in the labour force and had higher rates at which they entered it. While more likely …

This paper explores the implications of gender-based income taxation in a non- cooperative model of a couple's time … by gender is solely determined by spouses' relative marginal rates of substitution between the public household good and … sharp contrast to previous models of gender-based taxation in which households select Pareto efficient allocations …

What is the role of politics in shaping attitudes about appropriate roles for women in the family and the compatibility …, from full-time employment. After reunification, family-related policies largely converged in the two Germanies. Against … this background, we empirically investigate gender-role attitudes in reunified Germany. Our results show that East Germans …

particularly pronounced for couples with dependent children, low family income, and high mortgage debt. Results are robust to a …