This study examines the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of family members. Estimates from fixed …

In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …, however not due to the French Family splitting but rather to the different definitions of taxable incomes in both countries …

effects of real (as opposed to relative) family income on education have practically vanished between the early 1980's and the … early 2000's. After conditioning on a cognitive ability measure (AFQT), family background variables and unobserved … unobserved characteristics, a $300,000 differential in family income generated more than 2 years of education in the early 1980's …

Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family … small, about -0:04. While the wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss, public …. The presence and ages of children in the household are crucial determinants of the wife's labor supply response. The most …

-marriage family outcomes using a conceptual framework that is widely applicable. Based on two data sets from China, we find beautiful … negative impact seems to operate by altering bargaining power within the family and the opportunity cost of having children … or performing household chores in urban areas. …

quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family at a time when genuine poverty still existed … in Britain. Our results provide strong support both for negative birth order effects and negative family size effects on … the heights of children. No such effects are found for the body mass index (BMI). We find that household income per capita …

increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these … distribution ; demography ; household size ; decomposition ; Germany …

China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the agesaving profile has become U … permanent variance of household income was stable, the transitory variance rose sharply. Based on these estimates, we calibrate … household savings rate and the U-shaped age-profile of savings. -- China ; household savings ; income uncertainty ; pension …

social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income floor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …