-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common …We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental …

supply ; cognitive skills ; family policy ; Germany … older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members. -- childcare ; labor …

) only for families with three children. -- income taxation ; family ; income distribution ; France ; Germany …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than … in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …