This paper examines the implications of family size heterogeneity for Ricardian households and employs survey data to determine whether or not individual household preferences towards taxation conform to the Ricardian model. Using a dynastic model of intergenerational linkages, we show that the...

Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit der Analyse von (Kinder-)Armuts- und Reichtumsverhältnissen hinsichtlich demografischer Probleme, dem Verhältnis zwischen den Generationen, zwischen Eltern und Kinderlosen sowie Familien und dem Sozialstaat. Es wird untersucht, was geschieht, wenn...

We follow six cohorts of childhood Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability awardees for a time horizon up to 30 years, using program records on demographics, type of impairment, SSI and Disability Insurance (DI) recipiency, and mortality. We use descriptive analysis and multinomial logit...

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. Based on a large representative German dataset including IQ test scores and measures of non-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model...