Recent research reveals a negative impact of divorce on children's welfare as a consequence of the reduction in …

countries. In many instances it is useful to know, for example, whether a higher fraction of children are in poverty than are …

pensions are mainly determined by the number of children. Therefore, child-related pension entitlements are neither a social … benefit nor do they reflect a broad social consensus to support the upbringing of children. A stronger diffentiation of … pension entitlements by the individual number of children is proposed. Nevertheless it has to be considered that the existing …

of ultimatum games with children, teens and university students. We find that children and teens react systematically to … perceived intentions, like university students do. However, children and teens reject unequal offers much more often than …

Recent policy initiatives offer cash payments to children (and often their families) to induce better health and … educational choices. These policies implicitly assume that children are especially impatient (i.e., have high discount rates …); however, little is known about the nature of children's patience, how it varies across children, and whether children can even …

adults and various micronutrient deficiencies in both adults and children—are the same as they were during the Soviet era and … are linked to diets. For children, these are low rates of breast feeding, possible deficiencies in weaning practices, a …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany’s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …