. 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 … fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

. 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 … fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

family size. To explain the connection between these trends and the transformation in family relationships we develop a novel … model of parenting styles that highlights the importance of competition within the family. The key intuition is that the … the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has …

family size. To explain the connection between these trends and the transformation in family relationships we develop a novel … model of parenting styles that highlights the importance of competition within the family. The key intuition is that the … the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has …

consequence, family type may have a significant effect on child outcomes. One would expect that the relative disadvantages of …

This paper studies intergenerational mobility the transmission of family influence. We develop and estimate measures of …

This paper studies intergenerational mobility—the transmission of family influence. We develop and estimate measures of …

Couples' residential decisions are based on a large variety of factors including housing preferences, family and other … elements of the residential biography and both partners’ family ties and family socialisation. We focus on the residential … choices made at the time of family formation, i.e. when the first child is born. We employ multinomial regression modelling …