Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic … the analysis on two datasets: the American Community Survey and the Fertility Supplement of the Current Population Survey …

offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading criminological theories predict …. The last decades' major changes in family patterns warrant a re-examination of the marriage effect. We argue that marriage …, cohabitation, and fatherhood all are important aspects of the family formation process. We find some support for the hypothesis …

decisions and intergenerational transfers are governed by self-enforcing family constitutions. We then show that first and …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

research identified substantial variation of wealth levels between different family types with children from single …, inequality between children from single-parent families is higher than for other family types and this inequality can only partly …

Ireland’s relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive literature on the fertility … those used in previous studies of Irish fertility, and is the first from an urban area. We find considerable support for the …

a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labor force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper … presents a growth model where saving, fertility and labor market participation are endogenously determined, and there is wage … increase in fertility. We find that for several countries a large fraction of the actual difference in output per capita …