. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this selection problem by looking within the family to exploit variation in …

existence of son preference among fathers in the U.S. by estimating the effect of child gender on the fathers' subjective well … from the full sample show that fathers feel less sad and tired when interacting with both sons and daughters versus with … daughters only. In families with only one child, fathers report no difference in subjective well-being when spending time with a …

these expansions are correlated with employment and leave-taking for both mothers and fathers over this period. Our main … finding is that leave expansions have increased the amount of time that new mothers and fathers spend on leave, with effects …

to determine the family structure experienced by the children of these women: living with the biological mother and the … available to men and women have substantial effects on family structure for children of black and Hispanic mothers, but not for … whites. The tax treatment of children also affects family structure. Implementation of welfare reform and passage of …

states require no child support in joint custody cases, other states require fathers with joint custody to pay the same child … support as those without custody. Merging family and child data from the SIPP with state-level data on economic incentives for … joint custody, we find that fathers' joint custody decisions are significantly affected by the incentives generated by …