The present paper quantifies the importance of family insurance for the analysis of social security. We therefore … be almost exclusively attributed to the insurance role of the family with respect to longevity risk. Since a married …

Individuals typically traverse several life phases before forming a family. We analyse whether changing the duration of … affect family formation through human capital accumulation, but also through changing the duration of earlier life phases …

groupings. Since most non-human species are not familial, something special must be behind the family. It is shown that the two … necessary features that explain the origin of the family are given by uncertain paternity and overlapping cohorts of dependent … the emergence of the family. When we consider a kinship system in which an adult male transfers resources not just to his …

Differences in the timing and pathway into family life provide insights into the social distance between majority and … group distinctions. We situate our study in Norway, a country on the forefront of family change with an increasingly diverse … evidence of generational shifts in the propensity to form a family via a nonmarital first birth, however, in some context …

changes expected at the time of the introduction. In theory, only a small fraction of newlyweds was eligible for the loan. In …

relationship between early labor market conditions and young females' family formation outcomes. A policy-pilot affecting the … recession for low-grade students in particular. In contrast, we document very long-lasting effects on family formation outcomes … respond to early labor market prospects by changing the quality threshold for entering into family formation, a process which …

relationship between early labor market conditions and young females' family formation outcomes. A policy-pilot affecting the …, graduating into the crisis had lasting effects on family formation outcomes of low-grade students in particular. Those who … threshold for entering into family formation, a process which affects the frequency of welfare-dependent single mothers during …

The present paper aims to quantify the growth and welfare consequences of changing family structures in western …

between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age at first marriage of men and women. Within a simple two … single women in equilibrium. Using an extended version of the model to a finite number of periods and fertility data, I show …