The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in … divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children's family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage …, women in their 20s, and women with less than a high school degree. Fifth, the college gap in family structure has …

This paper examines the causal effects of family size and demographic structure on offspring's international migration … teenagers' and young adults' migration outcomes. We find no empirical support for the hypothesis that high fertility drives … migration. The positive correlation between sibship size and migration disappears when endogeneity of family size is addressed …

This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data … biennially since 1994, we investigate the association between a child's math & reading performance and family structure and … changes in family structure. We find that children who stay-in or move-to non-intact families have lower reading scores than …

In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in …

family size. To explain the connection between these trends and the transformation in family relationships we develop a novel … model of parenting styles that highlights the importance of competition within the family. The key intuition is that the … the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has …

consequence, family type may have a significant effect on child outcomes. One would expect that the relative disadvantages of …

What allowed eight siblings from a politically disadvantaged rural family to overcome institutional barriers and … Reform era, when both family background and institutional environment were more favourable? In studying this anomalous case … neglected in the literature. Through comparing the micro-level mobility processes of the two generations in this family, I …

considering how to increase rates of family formation. Despite significant scientific interest, there remains limited empirical … evidence on how education shapes family choices across the life cycle. We study the effect of educational attainment on family … compatibility of work and family. Additionally, as higher-order skills are increasingly important in the labor market, and parental …