. Yet the family (and decision-making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue … that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics, and that accounting for the family leads to new answers … fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

We study the impact of restricting child-related social assistance to the first two children in the family on the …

.S., including their origins, their structure, and the effects they have on the labor market and family formation. I will then …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform …

This paper analyzes the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies in California, New Jersey, and New York on the labor … conditions or limitations who experience a hospitalization or surgery report "leaving a job to care for home or family" in the …

We examine disparities in Child Tax Credit (CTC) eligibility and anti-poverty effects since 1998 by family type …, because the credit was virtually nonrefundable. By 2017, disparities by family type mostly disappear, as eligibility and anti …