first analysis of the behavioral response of individuals in longer marriages to the 2008 reform. Its approach to identifying …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … practice, the development of marriages postintroduction significantly differed from the period prior to the policy, but …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

Investigating the impact of family instability is important as more and more children experience different family … changes in many industrialized countries. In this paper we examine the dynamics of family structure, looking at the potential … effect of yearly maternal partnership transitions on adolescents' locus of control. We aim at combining research on family …