representative household surveys we find that the configuration of all three sources of investment and support for children differs … the future of their children through the family, the labour market, and public policy actually differ? Using a number of … significantly, disadvantaged American children living in much more challenging circumstances, and the role of public policy not as …

% more children were born as a result of (re-)scheduling conceptions. At the same time, there is no evidence that mothers …

% more children were born as a result of (re-)scheduling conceptions. At the same time, there is no evidence that mothers …

available cross-national evidence on educational disadvantage and teenage births is considered alongside that on low household …

available cross-national evidence on educational disadvantage and teenage births is considered alongside that on low household …

Past literature on the family gap - the difference in outcomes for mothers and women without children - discusses …

In an age when there is considerable focus on the needs and rights of children, it is perhaps a little surprising that … parental income still mostly determines the standard of living that children enjoy. This has important implications, not just … in terms of overall levels of welfare for children, but also in terms of equity between children. This paper looks at the …

Children do not control their socio-economic situation; they benefit or suffer from their parents' situation. In north … European countries major social transfer schemes, depending on the presence of dependent children, answer to multiple … towards improving the standard of living of the family and therefore of the children. In parallel, social assistance transfers …

The size of the average American household has fallen dramatically - from six in 1850 to three in 2000. To explain this … decline we model households as collections of roommates who share the costs of household public goods. If private goods are … explain 37 percent of the observed reduction in the number of adults per household and 16 percent of the reduction in the …