This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with …

years ago. These trends pose grave social problems. Children fare best within the traditional family -- both illegitimacy … can do much to promote marriage and the traditional family.Part I of this article explains the social value of marriage … and the natural family (i.e., a woman and a man and their biological children). Part II addresses claims that the problems …

family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …