We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous … divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family … organization of the family. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; welfare state ; risk sharing …

This paper investigates the links between family values, social needs and individual preferences for welfare using data … family ties is based on individual's self-assessed family values (such as, duties, responsibilities and norms of reciprocity …), both within the couple and between parents and children. We find a positive association between weak (strong) family values …

One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of children. However … unobserved parental ability. In the end, family income still has a significant effect, which must therefore be causative. It …

affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …

This paper argues that the pace to return to work after childbirth is not independent of family values. I evaluate the … to work of mothers who hold different family values. Using a regression discontinuity design and an epidemiological … approach to family values I find that although the policy has substantially increased the pace to return to work of mothers …

offer new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature. …