While a large literature is interested in the relationship between family and labor supply outcomes, little is known … in beliefs about how future family outcomes are related to future labor supply. Methodological contributions come from an … longitudinal data, can potentially help address endogeneity issues arising in the estimation of the causal effect of family on …

mothers and fathers is a key determinant of fertility. The model implies that fertility is highly responsive to targeted … agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … low-fertility countries women are much more likely than men to be opposed to having another child. We account for this …

autonomy. Women who are exposed to the reform are more likely to have met their husbands outside of family networks, they are … the continuation of the family blood line. These results indicate that educational attainment can alter behaviors and …

family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …

Although theoretical models of labor supply and the family are well developed, there are few credible estimates of key … empirical relationships in the work-family nexus. This study uses a new instrumental variable, the sex composition of the first … two births in families with at least two children, to estimate the effect of additional children on parents' labor supply …

children with substitute families. Little is known whether foster care placement reduces or increases the likelihood of … individuals who were investigated for abuse or neglect as children. Families are effectively randomized to child protection …-aged children who are on the margin of placement have lower adult arrest rates when they remain at home …

relying on forecasts. Adult outcomes on the participants' children and siblings allow us to quantify spillover benefits. The …

parental inputs children of various socio-economic statuses receive. In the empirical work that follows, we will show a … relationship between very specific inputs of time by parents and later achievements of children …

model of parenting styles that highlights the importance of competition within the family. The key intuition is that the … the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has … father to a more egalitarian one in which the wife and the children have been empowered. This transformation coincided with …

A large literature exists on the impact of family structure on children's outcomes, typically focusing on average … children of married parents. We propose that the gains to marriage from a child's perspective depend on a mother's own level of … school completion or avoiding poverty at age 25, the “marriage premium for children” is highest for children of mothers with …