children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden …Previous studies, mostly from Anglo-Saxon countries, find a positive correlation between the presence of young children …

the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally … help from government transfers and lower cost associated with having fewer other children, or due to a stronger savings …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at …