Small children, especially infants, are very time intensive. Consequently, as total household time in child care increases after a birth, the time spent in other activities (market work, housework, leisure) must decline. While several studies have examined the relationship between fertility and...

There is a gender imbalance in undergraduate economics departments with most departments educating a strong majority of young men. This imbalance has led many economists to ponder the question of why relatively few women choose to take courses and major in economics. Our hypothesis is that the...

As a result of the increasing divorce rate over the past decades, there is an increased need for settlements to divide marital property, to determine child custody and visitation, and to calculate the level of child support payments to be made by the noncustodial parent. Given the growing burden...

Previous work on domestic violence has focused on the woman's threat point to leave violent relationships, and the impact of variables such as income on this threat point. She has a credible threat to leave if her utility outside the relationship is at least as great as that achieved by staying....

While economists have been studying the family as an economic unit for almost thirty years, most models have focused on cooperative family units. Domestic violence, one of the most widespread violent crimes against women, is one example of a family unit that is better explained as a...