, or are older and value tradition. In sharp contrast to these results, family circumstances and valuing tradition do not …

, family, and economic prosperity recurred in debates conducted across three countries and three centuries. The review essay … suggests that modern-day Washington lobbyists are not alone in invoking family values to oppose limitations on inheritance. The … historical debates are full of claims about how different inheritance law regimes support or undermine the family - even as …

I establish a positive relationship between family ties and civic virtues, as captured by disapproval of tax and … benefit cheating, corruption, and a range of other dimensions of exploiting others for personal gain. I find that family ties … altruistic individuals. The results provide a constructive role for families in promoting family values, which challenge an …

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 …

We forward the hypothesis and empirically establish that variations in the strength of family ties are rooted in … culture. In particular, we show that individualism is associated with looser family ties. We exploit the associations between …- and country-level, we find strong support that individualism reduces family ties. The estimated effects are economically …