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 …

family, rather than unrelated caregivers, using individual-level panel data. Our analysis utilizes an instrumental variable … of specifications. We posit that kinship care may better maintain ties between youth and family members that are vital in …

We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by … set of results using survey data. These suggest that the positive association between men's education and family formation …

affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …

This paper argues that the pace to return to work after childbirth is not independent of family values. I evaluate the … to work of mothers who hold different family values. Using a regression discontinuity design and an epidemiological … approach to family values I find that although the policy has substantially increased the pace to return to work of mothers …

offer new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature. …