Portugal) in 2001 more than 70 percent of young adults between 18 and 34 years of age live with their parents, whereas the …

This paper investigates the impact of unemployment on the propensity to start a family. Unemployment is accompanied by … bad occupational prospects and impending economic deprivation, placing the well-being of a future family at risk. I … UK (1994-2001). The results highlight spurious negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men, which can …

Young adults are the most hit by the current economic crisis. This can be observed in high youth unemployment rates in …

study uses statistical data from reports of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. The … instrument of support for families in Poland. Shifting the burden of family policy towards direct benefits is unlikely to … increase the transparency of this policy. With the introduction of new family benefits at a high level, which are the subject …

contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our … availability under age 3, and preferences for within-family care lead to long absences from the labor market. In all countries …, irrespective of cultural norms and policies, we find high positive family gaps among men, which drive men's average wages up, and …