mothers, and by reductions in completed family size. Finally, while the pill affected maternal characteristics differently … than abortion, we find suggestive results that availability of the pill lowered abortions among young women …

;demonstration effectquot; postulates that adult children learn from a parent's example that family caregiving is appropriate behavior. The quot …

annually. While much is known about the impact of domestic violence and other family problems on children within the home …, little is known regarding the extent to which these problems spill over to children outside the family. The widespread …

, we constructed a unique data set of family trees and business groups for nearly 100 of the largest business families in … Thailand. We find a strong positive association between family size and family involvement in the ownership and control of the … family business. The sons of the founders play a central role in both ownership and board membership, especially when the …

Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth order effects on IQ using both cross-sectional and within-family methods … explains about 3% of the within-family variance of IQ. When we control for birth endowments, the estimated birth order effects … birth order effects occur because later-born children are more affected by family breakdown …

Domestic violence remains a major public policy concern despite two decades of policy intervention. To eliminate police … examining the effect of mandatory arrest laws on family homicides where the victim is less often responsible for reporting. For … family homicides, mandatory arrest laws appear to reduce the number of homicides. This study therefore provides evidence that …

The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties … using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that … children need to have for their parents for over 70 countries. We show that strong family ties imply more reliance on the …