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 …

-intact family and children's civic, social and political engagement as adults. We argue that this finding is consistent with … traditional family structures in many countries throughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000 …), however, none of the major declines in civic engagement can be accounted for by the decline in traditional family structures …

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

Retired parents might invest time into their adult children by providing childcare. Such intergenerational time … transfers can have important implications for family decisions. This paper estimates the effects of parental retirement on adult … children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We …

This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children’s far right …