small-scale survey data to examine sorting among parents of school-age children in Naples. We show that homogamy is … relates to various "outcomes" of the post-matching relationship. Children of parents with a high human capital endowment …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … divorced parents continue to share parental rights and responsibilities through joint custody arrangements. While joint custody …

this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases parents' time spent looking after children and working. Using …-nuclear families with children under fifteen years of age. We find that fathers' alcohol consumption has a negative impact on their …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …