children's wellbeing and human capital accumulation are hampered in both developed and developing countries. …

future.’ In this article, I examine trends in the employment gap between mothers and fathers of young children over the last …, the USA, the UK, and Germany. Substantial closing of the gap in the 1970s and 1980s was followed by stability since then …

has recently moved on to assess couple’s happiness and the extent to which individuals in couples influence each other …’s happiness without making reference to the problem of allocation of resources. The latter is however important to both the … individual and couple happiness, and in the limit determine whether couples stay together. Here we address the role of the …

course has a much stronger effect on women, with children extending the time spent in domestic labor - although this time … decreases as the age of the children increases, the impact of children on women is twice that on men. Taking care of the elderly …

course has a much stronger effect on women, with children extending the time spent in domestic labor - although this time … decreases as the age of the children increases, the impact of children on women is twice that on men. Taking care of the elderly …