Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as consumption" vs. investment" good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across workers....

Neben der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende (Arbeitslosengeld II) wurde in Deutschland zum 1. Januar 2005 auch der Kinderzuschlag eingeführt. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird für eine Reihe von Familientypen die Wirkung dieser neuen Sozialleistung im Zusammenspiel mit dem Wohngeld und in...

Die Frage, ob und in welchem Umfang volljährige Kinder ihre Eltern oder Eltern ihre Kinder finanziell unterstützen sollen, ist wieder Gegenstand der politischen Diskussion. Wie weit sollte die "Verantwortungsgemeinschaft Familie" gehen? Für Gerd Andres, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär beim...

Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as "consumptionʺ vs. "investmentʺ good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across...

The Social Security program, like the federal income tax system, is not marriage neutral. Provisions in each public program, in effect, subsidize or penalize marriage. In this paper, we examine marriage penalties associated with Social Security's child–in–care benefits. This program provides...

Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as 'consumption' vs. 'investment' good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across workers....

We study how childbirth increases the likelihood of young, working mothers to claim disability insurance and how paternity leave could ease this effect. Our event study analysis uses Belgian data to show that the incidence rate of disability across gender only diverges after first-time...

We investigate the effect of having a child on parents' criminal behavior using rich administrative data from Brazil. Fathers' criminal activity sharply increases by up to 10% during the pregnancy period, and by up to 30% two years after birth, while mothers experience only a transitory decline...

We investigate the effect of having a child on parents’ criminal behavior using rich administrative data from Brazil. Fathers’ criminal activity sharply increases by up to 10% during the pregnancy period, and by up to 30% two years after birth, while mothers experience only a transitory...

Die Frage, ob und in welchem Umfang volljährige Kinder ihre Eltern oder Eltern ihre Kinder finanziell unterstützen sollen, ist wieder Gegenstand der politischen Diskussion. Wie weit sollte die "Verantwortungsgemeinschaft Familie" gehen? Für Gerd Andres, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär beim...