Work and family have become either/or propositions for a growing segment of young professionals in business, law, and … but opt out of family. These men and women forego parenting and stable, long-term relationships in surprisingly high … numbers, believing they cannot have both. This Chapter documents the extent of this break from family for professional men and …

What allowed eight siblings from a politically disadvantaged rural family to overcome institutional barriers and … Reform era, when both family background and institutional environment were more favourable? In studying this anomalous case … neglected in the literature. Through comparing the micro-level mobility processes of the two generations in this family, I …

This paper presents the first empirical evidence showing that the marriage of a member of the controlling family adds … value to public corporations. The results, based on a uniquely comprehensive data set from Thailand, show that the family … firm’s stock price increases when the partner is from either a prominent business or a political family. Abnormal returns …