The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker’s path-breaking Treatise on the Family provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker's path-breaking Treatise on the Family provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

stage determines the assistance provided by each child in the family. Working by backward induction, we first calculate the … that family members cannot or will not make binding agreements at the first stage regarding transfers at the second stage …

stage determines the assistance provided by each child in the family. Working by backward induction, we first calculate the … that family members cannot or will not make binding agreements at the first stage regarding transfers at the second stage …

stage determines the assistance provided by each child in the family. Working by backward induction, we first calculate the … that family members cannot or will not make binding agreements at the first stage regarding transfers at the second stage …

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker's path-breaking "Treatise on the Family" provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

"demonstration effect" postulates that adult children learn from a parent's example that family caregiving is appropriate behavior …

attention in the family bargaining literature. The output of household production is analogous to earnings, and a spouse …