of mothers-in-law in the household may affect fertility decisions made by young couples. However, not much is known about … how intra-family relationships per se influence choice of contraceptive method and timing of use. To understand patterns … of family planning decision-making, we carried out short, open-ended interviews in rural Madhya Pradesh in 2005 with 60 …

autonomy. Women who are exposed to the reform are more likely to have met their husbands outside of family networks, they are … the continuation of the family blood line. These results indicate that educational attainment can alter behaviors and …

. 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 …

labor supply responsiveness of couples through a life-cycle model of family labor supply and fertility. Allowing fertility …We study the role of fertility adjustments for the labor market responsiveness of men and women. First, we use … longitudinal Danish register data and tax reforms from 2009 to provide new empirical evidence on asymmetric fertility adjustments …

labor supply responsiveness of couples through a life-cycle model of family labor supply and fertility. Allowing fertility …We study the role of fertility adjustments for the labor market responsiveness of men and women. First, we use … longitudinal Danish register data and tax reforms from 2009 to provide new empirical evidence on asymmetric fertility adjustments …