. Yet the family (and decision making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue … that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics and that accounting for the family leads to new answers …-run fluctuations and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

same time depending on whether women are regarded in first line as mothers or workers. In Germany, the male breadwinner … explicit holistic approach to improve the reconciliation of work and family life. …

, the USA, the UK, and Germany. Substantial closing of the gap in the 1970s and 1980s was followed by stability since then …