introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …

workers have a top ability if fertility is uncorrelated with ability and if the distribution of ability among sexually … produced children is the same as among their parents. In such a society, cloning has disappeared. If the distribution of genes … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …

In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this …

intermediate outcomes such as mothers' subsequent earnings, child health, parental fertility, divorce rates, or the mothers' mental …We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a … reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate …

-educational background on children success at the university is not direct, but through the high school track. In fact, although any …