German couples. I additionally show that the arrival of children leads to a stronger increase in the share of housework … specialisation index indicates that children only lead to a permanent (re-)traditionalisation in West German couples. A battery of … towards maternal employment are more traditional in West Germany, but the arrival of children leads to some convergence. …

Housing and family are prominent aspects of old age, but how they shape the elderly's savings, spending, and inter …-generational transfer behavior remains elusive. We develop a dynamic, non-cooperative model of the family with an illiquid housing asset and … joint bargaining between elderly parents and their children over the homeownership and care arrangements of the parents. The …

Grandparents act as the third biggest care giver besides day care and parental care for children below the age of 6 in … children's non-cognitive outcomes and parental well-being. To capture heterogeneous effects on different dimensions of children … panel data set, we analyze age-specific effects for families with children below the age of 11. Our preliminary results …

exogenous instruments of fertility. The results show strong impact of children on preventing old parents from strenuous works at … benefits. Furthermore, the results suggest that population policies might jeopardize the elderly well being by reducing family …