estimate a joint dynamic model of the behavior of older and younger siblings that allows for family specific effects …

families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire … which began in December 2007. In particular, we examine how the cyclicality of the response of program caseloads and family …

to either learn from him (if children act as teachers then adults' cost of learning the skill falls) or lean on him (if … children's human capital substitutes for that of adults in household production then adults' benefit of learning the skill … falls). I exploit regional variation in two shocks to children's human capital and examine the effect on adults. The rapid …

employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall health, parenting stress, and parenting quality. First …, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on these outcomes measured when children are 6 months old. Next, we use … dynamic panel data models to examine the effects of maternal employment on family outcomes during the first 4.5 years of …

Empirical research suggests that parents' economic resources affect their children's future earnings abilities. Optimal … low-income parents than existing U.S. tax policy. It also increases the probability that low-income children move up the …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned …

Ghanaian custom views children as members of either their mother's or father's lineage (extended family), but not both …. Patrilineal custom charges a man's lineage with caring for his widow and children, while matrilineal custom places this burden on … the widows' lineage - her father, brothers, and uncles. Deeming custom inadequate, and to promote the nuclear family …

stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in … later-born children. Taken together, these patterns are consistent with a reputation model of strategic parenting …

household of only three people, in 1850 household size was twice that figure. Further, both the number of children and the … others is beneficial solely because the costs of household public goods can be shared. In other words, we abstract from intra-family … of adults in a household between 1850 and 2000, and for 16 percent of the decline in the number of children …