significantly with productivity-enhancing technical change. This was, however, the case only in households where small children … with the family eventually redefined the concept of small children and so shifted the position of homemaker from being a …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …

cohabitation has not prevented a rise in the proportion of lone parents, and their numbers are growing rapidly. The children of …The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in … lone parents are relatively deprived, both in terms of income and adults' time for child care and housekeeping. Government …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

that the reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises be- cause displaced …

lone parents, and the sick and disabled. Accompanying these have been changes to direct taxes, tax credits and welfare … incentives of (potential) second earners in families with children, many more workers now face combined marginal tax and tax … child poverty has led the Government to increase substantially income available to non-working families with children. We …

marriages are surprisingly as stable as average marriages, but have fewer children and have them later in marriage. Notably, the … children born to marginal marriages are similar in terms of health at birth. …

that partnered women with children, poor women or women working in the informal sector are more likely to prefer full …-time work than single women, partnered women without children, non-poor women or women working in the formal sector. These …