wage gap from 1983 to 1993 was materially detrimental to the average dual-earner family. The female/male wage ratio … principal household income generator. This paper investigates how these two developments affected family welfare. Although … family welfare rose during the 1990s, the story of the 2000s is quite different. …

family into the raw individualism of Enlightenment era theory are also explored in detail …In this paper the “evidence-based” framework of the field of Family Policy is applied to tax policy. The empirical and … scientific data on the role of family in public policymaking is applied to current tax discourse on the family, including the …

. 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 …