status in which women raise their children and the family context in which children are raised. We refer to family context as … inequality of opportunities in family change. Second, we focus on the implications of family forms on children's school …This chapter provides an account of the major family transformations that occurred in recent decades across Latin …

across local areas in England, and comparing siblings born to the same mother via family fixed effects. Using rich individual … importantly, we also show for the first time that selection into fertility is the main driver for the previously observed …

Having children has a sizeable impact on women's labour outcomes, but not on men's. The differential effects of … children by gender are referred to as child penalties, and are now documented in many countries. In this paper, we exploit the … Longitudinal and International Study of Adults to estimate Canadian child penalties in both earnings and employment for a period …

with 7.7 - 12.5% higher incidence of fertility discontinuation among women without a son. This son-preferring behaviour is …