household of only three people, in 1850 household size was twice that figure. Further, both the number of children and the … size, consumption patterns, and income in the cross-section at the end of the 20th century. We then project the model back … of adults in a household between 1850 and 2000, and for 16 percent of the decline in the number of children …

The past 25 years has seen substantial change in the social safety nets for families with children in the US and Canada … countries, absolutely and relative to a control group of single women without children. The cross-country differences in …

In this paper, we examine what groups of children are served by core childhood social-safety net programs … social safety net for children since 1990 have gone to families with earnings, and to families with income above the poverty … find that access to safety net programs during childhood leads to benefits for children and society over the long run. This …

friction we investigate is related to the ownership of children. If parents have no claim on their children's income, then the … to children. Using the efficiency concepts proposed in Golosov, Jones, and Tertilt (2007), we find that whenever the …

we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence … not similar across demographic groups, and that children from more disadvantaged backgrounds, such as those living with …

, or the presence of children are not associated with respondents' relative preferences for the annuity versus the lump-sum …