How can parents secure old-age support in the form of care, attention or financial transfers from their children? We … their own parents when children are present to observe such transfers. Parents who desire old-age support have an incentive … to behave appropriately. The idea that the parents' behavior is aimed at inculcating desirable behavior in their children …

This paper studies the effects of different income transfers on individual welfare, in both marriage and divorce … situations, and on family decisions. We assume three generations within the family. We develop a sequential game that, in a first … losses derived from the marriage. We have also found that the donor of an intergenerational transfer can behave in a …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents’ divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

research on how employment and work-family conflict are related to fathers’ parenting stress, especially in comparison with … unemployment and greater work-family conflict, but not overwork, odd-jobs, and nonstandard hours, are related to more parenting … stress for fathers. Similar patterns are found for mothers, except that work-family conflict is related to fathers’ more than …

, while also examining reporting differences in father involvement by parent gender. Data on 4,224 mother-father pairs are … than fathers report. Parents who remain in a continuous coresidential union, who transition from cohabitation to marriage …

This paper investigates whether parents’ inherent gender bias is associated with intrahousehold human capital … investment among boys and girls. We conduct an artifactual field experiment to identify parents’ inherent gender bias and then … attempt to examine how this attitude correlates with the actual decisions regarding schooling and health of their own children …

Can Eastern European families most severely impoverished during the transition to capitalism rely on private family … safety nets? This question is likely critical for the transition's success, but little is known about family networks in … of the income gap left by unemployment. But we also find evidence from 1992 data that family networks weakened somewhat …