older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members …

associated to more compressed wage structures are associated to a higher family gap. Our results indicate that these policies … policies that help women continue in the same job after childbirth decrease the family gap. Of all the countries we study …, mothers in Southern Europe suffer the biggest family gap and our analysis indicates that this is due to the bad combination of …

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 … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …

effects on older siblings and fertility decisions show that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family …

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

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 …

results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …

family long-term care (LTC) and female labor supply in four Latin American countries. Time-use survey data from Chile …, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women provide the vast majority of family LTC; (ii) consistently across … trends make this family provision of LTC unsustainable, increasing the need for policy action …