The present paper quantifies the importance of family insurance for the analysis of social security. We therefore … be almost exclusively attributed to the insurance role of the family with respect to longevity risk. Since a married … small, marriage serves as an insurance device against longevity risk for the surviving partner. …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well as the differential fertility pattern of educational groups in … Germany. Then we simulate alternative reforms of child benefits and family taxation that increase the long-run fertility and … the first-order effects of family policy, it is possible to generate long-run welfare gains due to positive second …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well as the differential fertility pattern of educational groups in … Germany. Then we simulate alternative reforms of child benefits and family taxation that increase the long-run fertility and … the first-order effects of family policy, it is possible to generate long-run welfare gains due to positive second …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well as the differential fertility pattern of educational groups in … Germany. Then we simulate alternative reforms of child benefits and family taxation that increase the long-run fertility and … the first-order effects of family policy, it is possible to generate long-run welfare gains due to positive second …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy consisting of joint taxation of married couples, monetary transfers and … results: First, policies which simply increase the family budget either via higher transfers (direct or in-kind) or via family …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy consisting of joint taxation of married couples, monetary transfers and … results: First, policies which simply increase the family budget either via higher transfers (direct or in-kind) or via family …

should be positively associated with marriage probability for those single people who expect to marry a higher earning spouse …. These predictions are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Marriage and divorce … marriage is used as a proxy for divorce risk …

The present paper aims to quantify the growth and welfare consequences of changing family structures in western …

This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … changes expected at the time of the introduction. In theory, only a small fraction of newlyweds was eligible for the loan. In …