which began in December 2007. In particular, we examine how the cyclicality of the response of program caseloads and family …

transfers, rates of return, and marginal linkage of benefits and taxes for persons of different income levels and family status … security system for different family situations are treated: married versus single persons, number of earners in the family and … variation for different family situations and often dwarf amounts at stake for most families in the recent debates over income …

The extent to which households can self-insure depends on family structure and wage risk. We calibrate a model of …

inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the gaps in skills that are present when children enter …

. In this paper, we comprehensively examine the status of the U.S. safety net for immigrants and their family members. We …

plausibly exogenous changes in family size caused by relaxations in China's One Child Policy to estimate the causal effect of … family size on school enrollment of the first child. The results show that for one-child families, an additional child …

rationalize the evidence and unify the treatment effect and family influence literatures. The evidence on the empirical and policy … features of successful families and interventions to shape skills at all stages of childhood. The next wave of family studies …