the trade-off between child quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family. We find … that birth order and family size have negative effects on the heights of children, but not on their BMI. Household income … per capita positively influences height but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family has a …

quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family at a time when genuine poverty still existed … in Britain. Our results provide strong support both for negative birth order effects and negative family size effects on … positively influences the heights of children but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family still has …

, focusing on the type of family model where children grow up, defined on the basis of parental employment status and relative … earnings. The traditional "male-breadwinner" model is no longer the only type of family that has been observed throughout … recent decades; the "dual-breadwinner" family model is currently widespread across all developed countries and an additional …

quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family at a time when genuine poverty still existed … in Britain. Our results provide strong support both for negative birth order effects and negative family size effects on … positively influences the heights of children but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family still has …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …