. 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 …-run fluctuations and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of …

the short- and medium-run. To identify the causal effects of these shock realizations, we leverage administrative data on … experience the same shock but a few years in the future. We find that fatal health shocks lead to an immediate increase in the … self-insurance as a driving mechanism for the family labor supply responses that we estimate. Combined with a stylized …

the short- and medium-run. To identify the causal effects of these shock realizations, we leverage administrative data on … experience the same shock but a few years in the future. We find that fatal health shocks lead to an immediate increase in the … self-insurance as a driving mechanism for the family labor supply responses that we estimate. Combined with a stylized …

“modern” double-earner households using market child care. Family policies may favour either the one or the other group, like …

relationship between early labor market conditions and young females' family formation outcomes. A policy-pilot affecting the … recession for low-grade students in particular. In contrast, we document very long-lasting effects on family formation outcomes … respond to early labor market prospects by changing the quality threshold for entering into family formation, a process which …