In this paper we examine how children affect happiness and relationships within a family by analyzing two unique … ; marriage ; religion …

This paper critically reviews and synthesizes research on the role of religion on various aspects of the economic and … Gary Becker's contributions to the economics of the family, religious affiliation is seen to affect these outcomes because … within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …

the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Imputing socioeconomic status of family of origin from first names, we document a …

children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … is correlated with lower educational attainment. In this paper we compare the relationships between family structure and … United States and Sweden is interesting because both family structure and public policy environments in the two countries …