Drawing on two data sources from across Europe, we show that both bequest motives of parents and children's gender … observed bequests are divided unequally when children differ in sex, caregiving, or income, with bequest motives strongest … among mixed-sex children. Second, in a vignette experiment featuring alternative bequest motive scenarios and randomised …

Drawing on two data sources from across Europe, we show that both bequest motives of parents and children’s gender … observed bequests are divided unequally when children differ in sex, caregiving, or income, with bequest motives strongest … among mixed-sex children. Second, in a vignette experiment featuring alternative bequest motive scenarios and randomised …

We study the problem of unemployment benefit provision when the family is also a provider of social insurance. As a … benchmark, a simple model is presented where risk-sharing motives govern intra-family transfers and more generous unemployment … benefits, provided by the State, crowd out family risk-sharing arrangements one-for-one. The model is then extended to capture …

We study the problem of unemployment benefit provision when the family is also a provider of social insurance. As a … benchmark, a simple model is presented where risksharing motives govern intra-family transfers and more generous unemployment … benefits, provided by the State, crowd out family risk-sharing arrangements one-forone. The model is then extended to capture …

spillover effects to the victims’ family network remain unrecognized …

among the most vulnerable households, usually low income families with children. However, this goal is can be thwarted by … children do not vote. Based on the main Argentine household survey and on personal interviews with 120 brokers, this paper … shows that brokers collect information on family size and age composition and allocate temporary public works programs that …

In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase …-in-differences methodology, we find that the labor market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the … points by mid-2017 as a result of the "Family 500+" program. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education …