Individuals typically traverse several life phases before forming a family. We analyse whether changing the duration of … affect family formation through human capital accumulation, but also through changing the duration of earlier life phases …

This paper investigates the impact of unemployment on the propensity to start a family. Unemployment is accompanied by … bad occupational prospects and impending economic deprivation, placing the well-being of a future family at risk. I … UK (1994-2001). The results highlight spurious negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men, which can …

This paper analyzes how family structure and fertility alter children quality in Colombia. Reduced form models to … outcomes are outlined, revealing that marriage has a positive link with child quality and fertility has a negative link with …

the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally …

whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with family structure and public program participation among young …

Despite the remarkable increase in women's education levels and the rapid fall of their fertility rate in Iran, female … impact on most mothers' participation. This result explains why the rapid decline in fertility rates did not increase female …