Using microdata from the Luxembourg Income Study, we assess 'time crunch' for families with children in Canada, Germany … well-being of parents and children. We present cross-country comparisons of 'total available adult hours' under different …

family gap in pay - the differential in hourly wages between women with children and women without children. We present … we study here, the United Kingdom displays the largest wage penalties to children. The family gap in pay is larger in the … that there is a good deal of variation across our sample countries in the effects of children on women's employment. We …

family relationships and a number of outcomes -- educational achievement, health, teen pregnancy, and receipt of income … exaggerating the causal effects of risk factors, sibling comparisons involving individuals sharing both many family characteristics …